CANADA'S NATIONAL PARKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 8

CANADA'S NATIONAL PARKS.

CATERING FOR VISITORS. Canada's national parks have become an important factor in the holiday life of the Dominion, and their development is of considerable interest to New Zealand where similar areas have been set aside for national recreation. In the Canadian, parks every effort is made to make the visitor's stay an enjoyable one and to induce him to repeat the experience.

In Jasper national park, said to be the largest in the world, for instance, is a lodge three miles from the station on the National Railways route. It has accommodation for 350 guests and is a model of rustic architecture. In the main lodge facing Lac Beauvert, are a large lounge, dining room, cardrooms, ticket and telegraph offices, and information bureau. Spacious verandahs, overlooking tho lake, provide a charming outlook, where lake, forest, and towering peaks combine to attract and hold the eye of the beauty lover. Grouped about the main lodge are over thirty log cabins, varying" in size and containing from two to twelve rooms, where visitors may have the privacy of their own homes with all the conveniences of modern hotel service. Each of tho lodges has bathroom and verandah, and some are rendered more attractive by the addition of sitting rooms and Bleeping, porches. None of these bungalows is more than a couple of minutes' walk from the main lodge, where the guests gather for their tasty meals in the large dining room or on the spacious verandahs during the warm summer days.

Other attractions include a swimming pool, tennis courts, golfing, boating on Lac Beauvert. A photographer is attached to the staff, and curio shop with news stand is also included. An orchestra is provided for dancing.

Miles of motor roads and pack trails radiating in every direction from Jasper Park Lodge provide means by which the visitor may view and enjoy the beauties of this region in comfort. Automobiles and saddle horses are available. Guides, Swiss and native, are there to direct the mountain climber, packer or hiker.