What is the best way to describe Jasper National Park?

It isn’t easy to do properly.  But every now and then, someone says something that you know is just right.

I recently acquired a vintage 1937 brochure entitled “Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies” that surprisingly contained a hidden gem that seems to capture the essence of the park.

The gem is a description of Jasper National Park that is, well,…you have to read it for yourself…here:

“Nature writes her music and plies her brush with such a lavish hand here that he who dares to imitate is foredoomed to failure.  The pen, the brush, the lute nor the camera can catch the magic of Jasper.  That magic is only for the hearts and the souls of men and women who have been to Jasper and found it.  But found, it will remain like the fire of the sun in the diamond, imprisoned, but a joy and beauty forever.” – author unknown, Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies brochure, Canadian National Railways, 1937

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The answer:  Lots.  Moberly and his family were there for most of Jasper’s modern history.

Edward Wilson Moberly had more ties to the Jasper National Park experience and history than just about anyone.

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Did you know Jasper National Park has its own postal stamp?

In 2007, Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp to celebrate Jasper National Park’s 100 year anniversary. The stamp portrays a Jasper wilderness landscape with surrounding Canadian Rockies in the background.

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Jasper National Park gift shops have offered all sorts of scenic postcards throughout the ages. In the 1960s, one of the items hanging from the gift shop racks was this “6 Scenic Views – Jasper Canadian Rockies” postcard set (from my personal collection).

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