Natural feature
Grassi Lakes
Turquoise glacier-fed lakes beneath a canyon wall bearing thousand-year-old rock paintings.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Grassi Lakes near Canmore centers on a faded red pictograph on the limestone wall above the lakes, a thousand-year-old figure gripping a hoop or drum. It follows what archaeologists who study Northwestern Plains rock art, including researcher James Keyser, have pieced together about who left images like it and why a vision was not complete until it was painted somewhere lasting. Look for the overhang past the second lake, where the canyon narrows above the water.
This audio guide was created using AI.