In Pictures: Moraine Lake, ALBERTA

Flickr Photo by  Enro 

Welcome to Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta!   You may have heard many say that Moraine Lake and its surrounding valley are thought to be the best of the Canadian Rockies.

No, the photo to your left is not a fake.  Yes, the water is really that colour!  Words cannot begin to describe the beauty and awesomeness of this place.

Moraine Lake is a glacially-fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the Village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 6,183 feet (1,885 m). The lake has a surface area of .5 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi).

The lake, being glacially fed, does not reach its crest until mid to late June. When it is full, it reflects a distinct shade of blue. The colour is due to the refraction of light off the rock flour deposited in the lake on a continual basis.



In Pictures...
On a cloudy, sunny, or winter day, this place is spectacular - from any angle!

Flickr Photo by Seb Przd

5 of Canada's Most Gruelling Places to Hike

#5 

Sunshine Village, Alta. To Mt. Assiniboine, B.C.

Sunshine Village, Alta. To Mt. Assiniboine, B.C
56 km.  Roughly six days to complete.

... Rock Isle Lake reveals itself.  This is the first of three lakes at Sunshine Meadows, and the most famous, thanks to the tree-covered island in the middle of the lake.
Image credit: takemytrip.com/

Mount Assiniboine seen from Sunburst Lake

Why do the hike?
This spot is only accessible on foot or by helicopter and is renowned for its stunning views and opportunity to see wildlife, including mountain goats, bighorn sheep, elk and deer.

█ ♥ █ Canadian Bands: Big Sugar

Big Sugar

Big Sugar the Canadian blues-rock band was active from 1991 to 2004 and then later from April 2010 since. The band has sold more than half a million albums in Canada.

Big Sugar officially formed in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Gordie Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins, and drummer Al Cross, though the three musicians had already played together for several years as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, and as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances. After Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates to secure a record deal; their eponymous debut album was released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records.

TOP 10 CHEATING CITIES IN CANADA

Well, this was an awkward post to do, to say the least.  Not awkward because it involved cheating, let' face it, cheating is something that will always be... but awkward because we are pointing out the cities with the most cheaters!

So who better to know who the cheaters are and where they hail from other than that famous website best known for hooking up people looking for extramarital affairs - non other than AshleyMadison.com.

Way back in March or so of 2012, they came out with the results of a poll they conducted regarding the cheating cities and here were the results:


10.  Vancouver (British Columbia)

Photo by Flickr user ecstaticist

ICONIC CANADIAN COMPANIES - Part 3

MANDARIN Restaurant

Mandarin Restaurants is a chain of all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffets found in the Canadian province of Ontario. Mandarin Restaurants was founded in 1979 by James Chiu, George Chiu, Diana Chiu and K.C. Chang of Taiwan. There are currently 21 locations in Ontario. The restaurants offer à la carte, take-out and delivery items such as chow mein, noodle dishes, stir fry, and prime rib, as well as a salad bar, grill counter, sushi table, and ice cream bar desserts. The first restaurant was a small à-la-carte restaurant in Brampton, Ontario. The buffet concept was introduced in 1987 with the opening of their first franchise location in Missisauga. The headquarters, in Brampton, includes a corporate restaurant, a banquet facility, a warehouse, and the corporate head office.

On July 1, 2009, Mandarin had a day-long free buffet to any Canadian Citizen as part of their 30th anniversary celebration and to commemorate Canada Day. They had done so on several previous Canada Days as well. The requirement is that the patron must have proof of Canadian citizenship. Due to the large turnout in each of the 21 locations, police were hired to control crowds, with some locations having excessively long lineups that some patrons had to be turned away. As many as 30,000 spring rolls were served during the event in all locations. In addition, due to the high costs of offering free meals in one day, Chiu stated that this event would occur once every approximately five years.

See more pics of the Mandarin @ MFS-Snapshots