Spirit Island Vista
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Spirit Island Vista
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Spirit Island is a tiny tied island in Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. This landmark is one of the most famous views of the Canadian Rockies. It enjoys worldwide reputation. It is the heart and soul of Jasper National Park and accessible only by boat.
According to some accounts of First Nations mythology, Spirit Island gets its name from two young lovers from feuding tribes who used to meet secretly on the island.
However, when the young woman eventually confessed her forbidden affair to her father, one of the tribes chiefs, he banned her from ever returning to the island.
Heartbroken, her lover continued to return to Spirit Island throughout his life, hoping to see his beautiful lover again. But she never came and he eventually died on the island, where his spirit still resides.
The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a striking mountain landscape. All parks mentioned above were inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1984
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March 26th, 2015
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