Tour de Somewhere Out West!

Day 9, Sunday Waterton Lakes National Park to Cardston (60 km / 38 mi) and Return drive to Calgary Heading east over rolling hills, we enter Cardston, home of the Remington-Alberta Carriage Centre with its collection of antique carriages, coaches, sleighs and other horse-drawn vehicles. The town was founded by Mormon pioneers who arrived by covered wagon to start a new community based on farming. The centrepiece of this town is a massive granite temple. On our way back to Calgary, you'll discover why we called this tour "The Bicycle Jump" - we'll stop in at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved buffalo jumps in North America. The name is from the legend of a young Peigan brave who watched the hunt from below and was found, with his skull crushed, under a pile of dead buffalo. More information on: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, near Fort MacLeod (Parks Canada web site) Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump official web site Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, UNESCO World Heritage Site information World Heritage Sites in Canada Cardston Remington-Alberta Carriage Centre Alberta Temple More on the Alberta Temple And a little bit more on the Alberta Temple Back to Day 8 Return to Bicycle Jump main page

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