This peak is on the opposite side of Pigeon Mountain looking towards Deadman's Flats ... #deadmansflats #deadmansflatsalberta DEAD MAN’S FLATS significance (AMA Insider: Tracy Hyatt author, article excerpt) Dead Man’s Flats didn’t always go by this ghastly moniker. It was originally named Pigeon Mountain Service Centre, but after a gruesome 1904 murder, locals unofficially adopted the name. The story goes that Francois Marrett axed his brother Jean to death while he was sleeping, and then threw the body into a nearby river. On trial, Francois said he tossed the body in the river because he was afraid his brother’s ghost would haunt him. Francois was found guilty by reason of insanity and spent the rest of his life in a Calgary asylum. That said, it wasn’t until 1985 that the name Dead Man’s Flats was formally adopted to encourage tourism to the hamlet. In 2014, the community again wrestled with changing its name; councillors voted unanimously to leave it undisturbed. https://www.instagram.com/p/CF1Hfl5Fd_z/?igshid=fb14dbyyqzqd

Inukshuk (in-ook-shook) is a stone monument that symbolizes a human. They were intended as markers for wayfinding and navigating the Artic. As such, they were a tool for survival. More recently, the have been considered a symbol of friendship. It is considered bad luck to dismantle them. #inukshuk #deadmansflatsalberta https://www.instagram.com/p/CFtDVz-FJRG/?igshid=193y7dpie38sn

Deadmansflats exhibits many signs of life ... #deadmansflats #deadmansflatsalberta #pigeonmountain https://www.instagram.com/p/CFanvLoF_hO/?igshid=1m67ga2wv4vvl