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  1. Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) [3] of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine ...

  2. Banff, Alberta. /  51.17778°N 115.57361°W  / 51.17778; -115.57361. Banff is a town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary and 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, 1,400 to 1,630 m (4,590 to 5,350 ft) above sea level, [5] Banff was the first municipality ...

  3. May 15, 2024 · The closest lodge to Banff Town, Sundance Lodge is 12km (7.5 miles) from the Trans-Canada Hwy and is popular with horseback riders in the summer and skiers in the winter. The Skoki Lodge, near Lake Louise, started life as a ski lodge in the 1930s, but now also welcomes summer hikers. It’s 11km (6.8 miles) from the nearest road.

  4. Visit the official site for Banff Lake Louise Tourism to find any activity you may be looking for. Banff National Park also offers a large variety of activities in the winter: skiing, snowboarding, dogsledding, icefishing, ice skating, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice climbing. 51.148017 -115.555537.

  5. Banff National Park ( French: Parc national Banff) is the oldest national park in Canada. It was first started in 1885. It is in the Canadian Rockies, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Alberta. The park has an area of around 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi). [2] The park has mountains, glaciers, and ice fields.

  6. Sep 30, 2019 · Simplicity marks the origin of Banff—Canada’s first national park. In 1883, on the slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, three railway workers discovered a natural hot spring, and from there ...

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  8. Serving as the Ambassador Park of Canada. As Canada’s first and oldest national park, Banff National Park covers an area of 2,564 square miles (6,641 sq km), and reaches all the way to the border of Jasper National Park. The park features glorious mountain landscapes, ice fields, glaciers, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, canyons, tremendous ...

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