The lakes are named after Lawrence Grassi,[1] who emigrated to Canada in 1912. After working for the Canadian Pacific Railway for several years, he began work as a miner in the Canmore coal mines in 1916. Grassi went on to become a well-respected climbing guide and built many trails in the area, including the one to the Grassi Lakes that bear his name.[2]
The small, emerald-colored Grassi Lakes are a popular destination for hikers and rock climbers.[2] They lie at the foot of grey cliffs that are about Шаблон:Convert high. The cliffs are part of the Cairn Formation, a fossil reef that formed during the Late Devonian period. The primary reef-forming organisms were stromatoporoids, a long-extinct type of bulbous sponge.[3] The cliff is a favorite of rock climbers who use the pockets left by the sponges as hand- and foot-holds.
Rock paintings that are more than 1,000 years old can be found near the top of the canyon beyond the lakes.[4] They are believed to have been painted by Kutenai ancestors.[2]
↑ 2,02,12,2Daffern, Gillean, 2003. Canmore & Kananaskis Country, 2nd edition, 296 p. Rocky Mountain Books, Surrey, British Columbia. Шаблон:ISBN.
↑Bloy, G.R., Leggett, S.R. and Hunter, I.G. 1989. The lower Fairholme reef complex (Cairn Formation), White Man Gap area, Canmore, Alberta. In: Reefs, Canada and adjacent areas. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 13, p. 399-402.
