One of the most iconic remote areas in Jasper National park, Maligne Lake's "Spirit Island". Only accessible by boat or canoe, this remote area was part of an early Kodak colorama campaign when a photographer was sent across North America to photograph uncharted territory. A photograph of Spirit Island had been selected for the advertisement campaign and a picture stood tall in Grand Central Station for decades sparking one of the greatest tourist spike to the area ever experienced that led to expanding the tourism industry into boat tours that we enjoy today.

We experienced a bad wildfire season in the next province (British-Columbia) and the smoke from the wildfires were starting to enter the mountain corridor hiding the gorgeous mountain landscape behind the small patch of land. Little did we know, this would be the last smoke free days of the summer we would experience for the rest of last summer.