Timing Hut
The place
Timing Hut in the province of Alberta, Jasper/Marmot Basin area (Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada), at 1380 m elevation, in the Athabasca valley. Part of the continuous Canada Alberta Rockies cluster (batches 260-409). A Parks Canada hut used as a ski/trail-running timing station in Jasper (Jasper NP 11,000 km², established 1907, UNESCO 1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, 4 iconic parks, plus Marmot Basin ski resort plus the Athabasca, a 1231 km river originating at the Columbia Icefield plus the Columbia Icefield, a 325 km² glacier feeding an iconic 3-ocean watershed plus the heritage of the Cree/Métis peoples: the Algonquian Cree, 350,000 people speaking Cree in 5 dialects plus the Métis, 587,000 people speaking Michif, a French-Cree mixed language plus the iconic heritage of Fort Athabasca, established 1802 for the fur trade by the NWC plus the Hudson's Bay Company, chartered 1670, a 200-year iconic monopoly plus the iconic heritage of Louis Riel, 1844-1885, Métis leader in Manitoba/Saskatchewan rebellions 1869-1885, executed 16 November 1885 in Regina plus the iconic heritage of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1885 last spike at Craigellachie BC, the Van Horne empire plus the Grand Trunk Pacific, 1914, Jasper plus the iconic heritage of Jasper park, established 1907 plus Banff, 1885, Canada's first national park plus the iconic heritage of the Jasper wildfires of 24 July 2024, which destroyed a third of Jasper townsite, an iconic marker of climate change plus the iconic heritage of the Alberta Oil Sands, Fort McMurray Athabasca oil sands, 165 billion barrels, the world's 3rd-largest reserve plus Justin Trudeau's Liberal government, 2015-present, an iconic marker.
The setting
Alberta Jasper/Marmot Basin Jasper NP Canadian Rockies AB CA 1380 m Athabasca valley, continuous cluster batches 260-409, Parks Canada hut used for ski/trail-running timing plus Jasper NP 11,000 km² 1907 UNESCO 1984 CRMP 4 iconic parks plus Marmot Basin ski plus Athabasca 1231 km source Columbia Icefield plus Columbia Icefield 325 km² glacier iconic 3-ocean watershed, Cree/Métis Algonquian Cree 350,000 Cree 5 dialects plus Métis 587,000 Michif French-Cree plus Fort Athabasca 1802 NWC plus HBC 1670 200-year iconic monopoly plus Louis Riel 1844-1885 Métis MB/SK rebellions 1869-1885 executed 16 Nov 1885 Regina plus CPR 1885 last spike Craigellachie BC Van Horne iconic plus GTP 1914 Jasper plus Jasper park 1907 iconic plus Banff 1885 1st national park CA iconic plus Jasper wildfires 24 Jul 2024 1/3 destroyed iconic climate marker plus Alberta Oil Sands Fort McMurray 165 billion barrels world's 3rd-largest reserve iconic plus Trudeau Liberal 2015+ iconic.
