Field, B. C.

Field, British Columbia, Sept. 2012

Back to  the Rockies.  When we hiked in Yoho National Park, we stayed in Field, B. C.  Field is a tiny town of around 100 people on the eastern border of British Columbia with beautiful views of mountains.  Our one sighting of a black bear was in Field.  We were eating at the Truffle Pig Restaurant one evening (and greatly enjoying our meal) when another patron pointed to a small bear by the railroad tracks.  Most of us got up to have a look.  The next day, signs were posted that a young bear had been seen searching for food by the tracks, apparently separated from his or her mother.  We were cautioned, for the bear’s safety and our own, not to approach the bear if we saw it again.

The Truffle Pig Restaurant in Field, B. C., September 2012

Mountain seen from Field B. C., Sept. 2012

Mountain seen in Field B.C., Sept. 2012

Field is on one side of railroad tracks.  Directly on the other is the National Park Office which we went to several times to check on conditions before hiking.  We heard about the Burgess Shale fossil finds for the first time at the Park Office.  And this was, in part, responsible for my interest in the ancient history of the land.  I’ll come back to this in a future post.  In the National Park Office’s parking lot, we encountered many magpies walking about, likely also in search of food.  Though magpies are common in the Rockies, we had never seen these birds before our trip and, to us, they were beautiful.

Magpie in the Yoho National Park Office’s Parking lot in Field, B.C., Sept. 2012

During our time in Field, the temperature fell to highs of 8 degrees Celsius with clouds and showers.  But, after bundling up, we enjoyed our hikes to Wapta Falls and Emerald Lake which I’ll also tell you about in future posts.

Mountains seen from Field B. C. in Sept. 2012.