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Alberta Wildlife Captured By Waterton Lakes Remote Cameras (PHOTOS)

LOOK: Elusive Wildlife Moments Caught On Camera
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A trip to one of Alberta's national parks is often an opportunity to see wildlife, but it's never a guarantee.

The animals can be elusive, and are often scared of or too timid to come near the roads and highways where a wildlife encounter with humans would be most likely.

Luckily, remote wilderness cameras set up in Banff, Waterton Lakes, and Jasper National Parks can give a glimpse of the animals we may never see with our own eyes.

Specially designed cameras are placed in strategic locations around the park, essentially allowing animals to take their own pictures by triggering a sensor as they move.

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Not only do these cameras provide us with rather remarkable photos of Alberta wildlife, but parks researchers and scientists can also use the equipment to track and monitor wildlife populations. By studying the photos, they can tell the number of animals in a particular area and gain an understanding of their travel patterns.

The team at Waterton Lakes National Park has been cataloging these photos for several years and the results are incredible:

Animals Caught On Waterton Wildlife Cameras
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A bear passes under a wildlife corridor in Banff National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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Deer are spotted on a trail in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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Remote cameras show a grizzly bear out and about in Waterton Lakes National Parks. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A bear is spotted scratching its head in Jasper National Park. Playing 'hide and seek' perhaps? (credit:Parks Canada)
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A fox carries away a kill in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A cougar in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A black bear caught standing on his hind legs in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A brown bear in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A bull elk in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A bull moose in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A cougar in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A bull elk in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A grizzly gets a scratch with some help from a tree in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A happy grizzly rolls around in the snow in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A pair of moose find a lake in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A cougar is spotted at night time wearing a tracking collar in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A deer makes its way through the snow in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A large grizzly is seen from above in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A moose stops to take a look around in Waterton Lakes National Park (credit:Parks Canada)
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A little red fox scurries along in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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An elusive wolf is picked up by wildlife cameras in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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Two black bears are picked up by wildlife cameras in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A black bear leans in for a close-up in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A black bear is picked up by wildlife cameras in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A bear is seen covered in snow in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A mama black bear checks on her two cubs playing behind a tree in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A mama bear grooms herself while her black bear cubs try to climb a nearby tree in Waterton Lakes National Park (credit:Parks Canada)
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A mama bear gives her cubs a boost up a tree in Waterton Lakes National Park (credit:Parks Canada)
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A cougar family is caught on remote camera in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A rare wolf pack is picked up by remote cameras in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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Three wolves travel together in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)
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A wolf picks up a stick in Waterton Lakes National Park. (credit:Parks Canada)

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