4180 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A great vintage card of Lake Louise in Banff National Park for the 1950s or 60s.

Lake Louise, or Ho-run-num-nay, is a glacial lake. Thomas Edmonds Wilson was the first non-Indigenous person to visit the lake, He originally named it Emerald Lake and promoted it the Canadian Pacific Railway as a development opportunity. The CPR re-named the lake Lake Louise, after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878-1883.

The Canadian Pacific Railway built Chateau Lake Louise on Lake Louise's eastern shore in 1890. It was winterized in 1982.

Lake Louise is a popular destination all year round. In the winter, skiing, ice skating, sleigh rides, ice sculpture contests, and snowshoeing are popular activities. In the summer, canoeing, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking are popular activities.

The lake is two kilometres long and half a kilometre wide. The deepest spot is 70 metres deep. The lake is found 1750 metres above sea level.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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