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Ink Pots
Cold mineral springs bubbling blue-green from limestone, never freezing even in deep winter.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Ink Pots, the turquoise springs at the end of the Johnston Canyon trail near Banff, opens on a trapper named Johnston and two gold nuggets he swore he found in the canyon during Silver City's eighteen-eighties gold rush. It follows the prospectors who chased his claim, and the bigger fraud that later brought down Silver City's most prominent mine. Best heard standing at the nearest pool, watching the sand shift on its floor.
This audio guide was created using AI.