One of the hiking trails leads to a spectacular lookout over the lake. The most surprising thing about Lake Louise is that the hotel is packed, the roads are packed, the parking lot is packed, the relatively short boardwalk along the lake is packed, yet in an hour on this well-marked and easy trail, we only encountered about a half-dozen people. I don’t understand how so many people can come to a place like Lake Louise and not want to explore a bit.

Anyway, that was our day in Lake Louise. We continued on to Banff after our hike and canoe, following a brief stop-over in town for lunch.