Winter has turned Edith Lake just outside the Canadian town of Jasper into a pale sheet of turquoise. Across the icy surface on the ­opposite shore, log cabins hunker among spruce and pine trees, ...

The first phase will have 662 houses. They will range from 2,050 to 4,034 square feet, have three to five bedrooms, and 2 ½ to 4 ½ bathrooms.