Waterton Lakes National Park

Glacier National Park is technically part of the Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park, Waterton being the Canadian National Park in Alberta that shares Glacier’s north border.
On Monday, we took one last tour within Glacier’s northeastern corner and headed directly into Waterton.
Our target destination that day was a campground in the town of Waterton Park, which, although being within the National Park itself, encompasses privately run shops, restaurants, and homes. While we were happy to get a campsite within the park, one thing we did not anticipate and have never experienced before was the proximity of the wildlife – specifically, deer walking freely on town streets and through the campsites.

The deer have apparently realized that the area is a good source of food and relatively safe from predators, and so are not at all afraid of the campers – in fact, the camp map we were given when entering warns that “some deer in town will attack without provocation” – especially pets. Needless to say, I was apprehensive about taking Gracie and Abby for their usual walk the next morning.
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Leaving the killer deer behind for later, we took a drive up the park’s Akamina Parkway and took the dogs for a hike along the perimeter of Cameron Lake, the southern part of which touches the U.S. border (where we only had to worry about being in Grizzly bear country).
Waterton Park is also the location of the Prince of Wales Hotel, built in 1927-1928. One of the grand hotels in the tradition of others that were built to accommodate train travelers from the East in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Prince of Wales was also apparently built to lure wealthy Americans to Canada during the U.S. prohibition.

Killer deer or not, the view from our campsite at sunset was remarkable; this picture was taken just after 9 PM.