The area around the Waterton Village was burned. This photo was taken thru the large picture window of the Prince of Wales Lodge where we had stayed. The firefighters fought valiently to save this lodge and if you see the pictures you will see how close it came. It is amazing the town didn't go too.
And here is the link to see more info on this fire. There is a photo gallery. See photo gallery 2 for the after to compare this shot (last picture on top row). We took a drive the next day on both of the Parkways in this park and both were burned in this fast moving fire and I mean fast. pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/a ... s-02 Luckily Lee (FriendofThundergod) and us got to see the before.