Whistlers

Canada, British Columbia, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park

Canada, British Columbia, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. Meltwater stream flows past wildflowers into Upper Joffre Lake.

© Yuri Choufour / Danita Delimont

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Close-up of sunlit cairn, Whistler Resort in early Fall, British Columbia, Canada

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones. Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present. In modern times, cairns are often erected as landmarks, a use they have had since ancient times. However, since prehistory, they have also been built and used as burial monuments; for defence and hunting; for ceremonial purposes, sometimes relating to astronomy; to locate buried items, such as caches of food or objects; and to mark trails, among other purposes.

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Golden Whistler male calling perched on a small branch

Golden Whistler male calling perched on a small branch in tropical rainforest Atherton Tableland Queensland Australia. Date:

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