Paint Pots and Marble Canyon
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A scenic one-kilometer (0.6-mile) trail (20 minutes each way) leads over the Vermilion River to the Paint Pots, a unique natural wonder: three circular ponds stained red, orange, and mustard yellow by oxide-bearing springs. The natives collected ochre from around the pools and mixed it with animal fat or fish oil then used it in ceremonial body and rock painting.
Just up the road, be sure to stop and take the enjoyable self-guided trail, one kilometer (0.6 miles) each way, which leads along the ice-carved Marble Canyon. The walk takes only about 30 minutes or so, yet as one of several interpretive plaques says, it takes you back over 500 million years.
© Andrew Hempstead, from Moon Western Canada, 3rd Edition
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