I’m in Kamloops right now catching up on some blog posts – for reasons I’ll explain shortly, I didn’t have internet access last night.
Yesterday, after we left Tim Horton’s in Prince George, we drove directly to the headwaters of the Fraser River, located in Mount Robson Provincial Park near Jasper. We were originally going to just to Valemount to find a place for the night, but it was only about 8PM so we just drove straight to the Lake. Mt. Robson itself is incredible — the tallest peak in the Rockies. But Moose Lake itself is as still and smooth and glass, a turquoise mirror of the landscape that surrounds it. We took some pictures of the lake as the sun was setting. Here, glacial waters flow into the River, which accounts for its unique colour. The River is almost completely still here as a lake slowly transitions into a river. It only takes a few kilometers, though, for the rapids to start up.
Mount Robson and the Fraser
Tai Chi by Moose Lake
Moose Lake Sunset
We returned to the Lake this morning around 7AM to take more pictures. Having traced the Fraser all week, it feels amazing to finally have reached the end of the River, the source of one of the great waterways of the world and hopefully a source of creativity for this project.
Moose Lake Flowing into the Fraser
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