[paul7986]

Recently in Banff and Jasper while my comment isn't about rats I found Banff's whole Jurrasic Park wilderness to be fascinating. Meaning there must be 30 to 60 miles of fencing blocking wildlife from entering the highway. To enter into the wilderness there you can park your car in state park parking lot, then step up a few stairs, open the locked gate and then go down a few stairs into the wilderness. For me (from Pennsylvania/Maryland) it had a definite Jurassic Park vibe.

[dowager_dan99]

A few comments to help:

>> To enter into the wilderness there you can park your car in state park parking lot,

we don't have states or state parks, but provinces and the parks you visited were federal.

Banff, and to a lesser extent Jasper, are pretty tame with respect to "wilderness" but this is mostly a good thing! There's lots of facilities and you can experience them without needing to go into the remote backcountry - but it's there if/when you want to.

There are also electrified crossings with no gates, which always freak me out a bit. They feel like a trap.

[dorfsmay]

The more interesting part are the bridges where wildlife can cross safely above the highway.

https://arc-solutions.org/article/banff-bears-use-trans-cana...

[SpicyUme]

I like the wildlife gates that you see in sections of Vancouver island. Although I did see a guy go through then unsuccessfully attempt to hold it open for his wife and baby. https://www.munckhof.com/product/one-way-wildlife-gates/