It is likely that only the animals know where to find all the forest wallows around the Lake. A wallow is worth watching just to see its visitors. Over a period of a few days in late August, this wallow in the south Selkirks attracted bear, elk, deer, and a bob cat. The bear climbed right in, the elk (cows) drank, but the bobcat and deer (a yearling male) just wandered by.
The Kootenay-Lake Website offers a discussion and more pictures of local black bears, elk, white-tailed deer, and cats.
Your images are truly wonderful. Thank you for sharing them.
Bev from Kaslo
Thank you, Bev. I have been taking pictures since I was eight years old and I am gradually getting the hang of it.