{"id":1160,"date":"2015-07-21T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2020-11-24T13:37:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:37:58","slug":"book-review-banff-lake-louise-history-explorer-an-altitude-superguide-by-ernie-lakusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide by Ernie Lakusta"},"content":{"rendered":"

In early May, 2015, SPHP’s spouse presented SPHP with the book Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide<\/span> by Ernie Lakusta<\/strong> as a gift.\u00a0 This 160 page\u00a0book was published in 2004 by Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd., The Canadian Rockies, 1500 Railway Avenue, Canmore, Alberta T1W 1P6.\u00a0 ISBN\u00a0 1-55153-636-6 (pbk.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lupe and SPHP spent much of Lupe’s 2013 & 2014 summer Dingo Vacations in the spectacular\u00a0Canadian Rockies.\u00a0 So SPHP was excited to have the opportunity to learn more about the region when SPHP received the Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide by Ernie Lakusta as a gift.<\/p>\n

SPHP wasn’t exactly sure what the book was going to be about, but it turns out the title accurately describes it as a history explorer<\/em>.\u00a0 This is not<\/strong> a book for anyone looking for hiking\/backpacking trails or mountaineering information for planning new excursions into the Canadian wilderness.\u00a0 It is<\/strong> a book for anyone interested in the history<\/em> of the exploration of the Banff and Lake Louise areas.<\/p>\n

The Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide starts with some of what little is known about early settlement of the region by prehistoric peoples, but mainly deals with the history of exploration by those of European descent starting with the Palliser Expedition led by Captain John Palliser in 1858.\u00a0 The book features many black and white photos of explorers, climbers, guides, politicians, and businessmen important during the frontier days and early development of the area.<\/p>\n

The book’s chapters are organized mainly by geographical regions\u00a0in and around Banff and Lake Louise.\u00a0 There are maps showing the locations of many mountain peaks, rivers, lakes and glaciers.\u00a0 In addition to the historical black and white photos, which focus mainly on individuals, there are many color photographs.\u00a0 The color photographs mostly feature various mountain peaks, but also include waterfalls, lakes, rivers, glaciers, wildlife and other points of interest.\u00a0 Within each region’s chapter, each of the\u00a0most prominent mountains has a write-up of its own giving the summit elevation and anywhere from a paragraph to a page of historical information about the peak.<\/p>\n

At the end of the book are a chronology, references, and an index.\u00a0 The references list many sources of more detailed information which might be of interest to the reader.<\/p>\n

SPHP enjoyed reading the many stories in Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide about the historical personalities and their connections to the mountains.\u00a0 (SPHP was a little disappointed that Bill Peyto<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was not mentioned.)\u00a0 SPHP especially enjoyed the color photographs and write ups on mountains Lupe and SPHP have seen during Lupe’s two trips to the Canadian Rockies.\u00a0 Although the book\u00a0contains no information on specific trails for present day exploring, SPHP did get some ideas on new places Lupe might want to check out\u00a0the next time\u00a0she and SPHP get back to the Canadian Rockies.<\/p>\n

Overall, the Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide is an excellent concise introduction to the general\u00a0history of the early exploration and settlement of the Canadian Rockies.\u00a0 Reading it and seeing all the beautiful mountain photographs made SPHP eager to return to the Canadian Rockies with Lupe.\u00a0 This book is a great souvenir of the Canadian Rockies, but if you want to get out and explore them you will need more detailed information from other sources.\u00a0 The Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide can, however, give you ideas on where you might like to go.<\/p>\n

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In early May, 2015, SPHP’s spouse presented SPHP with the book Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide by Ernie Lakusta as a gift.\u00a0 This 160 page\u00a0book was published in 2004 by Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd., The Canadian Rockies, 1500 Railway Avenue, Canmore, Alberta T1W 1P6.\u00a0 ISBN\u00a0 1-55153-636-6 (pbk.) Lupe and SPHP … Continue reading Book Review: Banff & Lake Louise History Explorer – An Altitude SuperGuide by Ernie Lakusta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[135,30,31,558,189,40],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-banff","tag-canada","tag-canadian-rockies","tag-ernie-lakusta","tag-history","tag-lake-louise"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/P1060391.jpg?fit=1651%2C1238&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29892,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/29892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}