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Ochre Paint Pot  
   

Ochre Paint Pot

The Indians used the mud from these ochre springs as paint for their faces. The white immigrants dug it with machines and shipped it east, pigment for paint. Modern Canadians built a trail to them in their national park.
Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies

August 22nd 2009
Wednesday, August 19 I drove from my campsite, at Kicking Horse in Yoho NP, east over the pass into Banff, which I visited for a mere handful of miles, then west again, down into Kootenay National Park. The next day I left Canada. More to come.... ... read more
North America » Canada » British Columbia » Kootenay National Park

Canadian Flag A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more
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