The rainfall warning in effect for a large part of southern Alberta over the past couple of days prompted me to spend some time reflecting on the consequences of last year's flood, particularly in our part-time home town of Canmore. Some of the most dramatic images from the June 2013 flood were taken at Cougar …
Continue reading Three Sisters Creek – One Year After the Flood
Last weekend, we enjoyed a couple of relaxing days (mostly) in Canmore, with a brief (and unsuccessful) trip into Banff National Park in search of geocaches placed for Snow Days 2013. Just today, the six geocaches were published on geocaching.com, and it's comforting to see from other DNF (did not find) logs that we aren't …
Banff, Canmore and Kananaskis Country were under a heavy rainfall warning most of last week. A flood watch was posted about mid-week, upgraded to a flood warning on Thursday. Fire crews were out building sandbag berms along sections of the Bow River most at risk of flooding. We headed to Canmore Friday afternoon, encountering extremely …