DVD Time Code = 01 29 47 |
Location: Hwy 742, 2.1 km south of Goat Creek Picnic Area |
GPS: 51d 2m 39s -115d 24m 57s |
Map / Satellite Image: Google Link |
Site Name: Riding Ridge #2 |
Travel Directions: To reach Hwy 742 (also known as Spray Lakes Rd. / Smith-Dorrien Rd.): From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), use Exit 91 “Hwy 1A - Canmore.” Follow Bow Valley Trail 2.2 km, turn left (northwest) onto Railway Ave. Proceed 0.5 km and turn left (west) at Main St. (also known as 8th St.), go 0.6 km and turn left (south) onto Bridge Rd. (also known as 8th Ave. / Rundle Drive). At the “T” intersection, turn left (south) on Three Sisters Drive, proceed 0.6 km and turn right (west) at Spray Lakes Rd. (also known as Hwy 742). (Or simply follow the helpful “Kananaskis Country” signs throughout Canmore.) See map of Canmore. Remarks: Perhaps by accident, or possibly by design, the filmmakers brought the men back some 12 years later to the Brokeback location where young Ennis had gone to meet the Basque and order soup. Their lives now, far more complicated, far less blissful. [1] Brokeback Mountain - Story to Screenplay by Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (Scribner) ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9416-4, page 17. |
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Revised 29 April 2015