The Icefields Parkway through the Rockies. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Chronicler288 km · about 205 min · 40 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Banff, Alberta
The Rise and Fall of Bankhead
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Alberta
Building the Banff Springs Hotel
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Alberta
The First Ascent of Mount Louis
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Alberta
The Castle Mountain Internment Camp
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Alberta
The Naming of Castle Mountain
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Alberta
The Swiss Guides of Banff
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Alberta
The Naming of the Peaks
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Alberta
Arthur Oliver Wheeler's Survey
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Lake Louise, Alberta
The Crossing of Kicking Horse Pass
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Alberta
The Canadian Pacific Railway Influence
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Alberta
The Naming of Hector Lake
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Alberta
The Continental Divide's Hydrological Apex
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Alberta
The Origin of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
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Alberta
The Guide Bill Peyto
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Alberta
The Founding of Banff National Park
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Alberta
The Naming of Aries Peak
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Alberta
The Diplomacy of Sitting Eagle Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Alberta
The Diplomacy of Sitting Eagle Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Alberta
The Diplomacy of Sitting Eagle Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Alberta
The Alpine Club of Canada Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Alberta
The Alpine Club of Canada Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Alberta
The Alpine Club of Canada Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Alberta
The Frozen Cascades of Weeping Wall
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Alberta
The Naming of Parker Ridge
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Alberta
The Yellowhead Pass Survey
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Alberta
The Retreat of Athabasca
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Alberta
The Geology of Tangle Ridge
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Alberta
The Ascent of Mount Cromwell
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Alberta
The Stoney Language of Sunwapta
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Alberta
The Naming of Mount McGuire
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Alberta
Naming the Endless Chain
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Alberta
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Alberta
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Alberta
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Alberta
The Jasper Park Warden Service
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Alberta
The Power of Athabasca Falls
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Alberta
The Overlanders of 1862
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Alberta
The Founding of Jasper
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Alberta
The Rebuilding of Jasper
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Alberta
The Secret Project of Patricia Lake
Where the stories come from
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.