BANFF NATIONAL PARK - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 142

Walk down to the shoreline for a close-up view of Peyto Lake.
To Saskatchewan River Crossing
Numerous trails lead around the swampy shores of Upper and Lower Waterfowl Lakes,
providing one of the park's best opportunities to view moose, who feed on the abundant
aquatic vegetation that grows in Upper Waterfowl Lake. Rock and other debris that have
been carried down nearby valley systems have built up, forming a wide alluvial fan, nearly
blocking the Mistaya River and creating Upper Waterfowl Lake.
Continuing north is Mount Murchison (3,337 meters/10,950 feet), on the east side of
the parkway. Although not one of the park's highest mountains, this gray and yellow mas-
sif of Cambrian rock comprises 10 individual peaks, covering an area of 3,000 hectares
(7,400 acres).
From a parking lot 14 kilometers (8.9 miles) northeast of Waterfowl Lake Campground,
a short trail descends into the montane forest to Mistaya Canyon. Here the effects of
erosion can be appreciated as the Mistaya River leaves the floor of Mistaya Valley,
plunging through a narrow-walled canyon into the North Saskatchewan Valley. The area is