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...
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Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary and...
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entire town, including the hotel, is situated in Banff National Park, a national park managed by Parks Canada. At an elevation of 1,414 metres (4,640 ft)...
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The Banff National Park Pavilion, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Francis Conroy Sullivan, one of Wright's only Canadian students. Designed in...
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Banff National Park in Alberta and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia. It is one of three major ski resorts located in the Banff National...
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Canada. It is operated by Parks Canada, as it is located within Banff National Park. After about ten years of being closed, the airstrip was reopened...
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The Banff Park Museum National Historic Site, located in downtown Banff, Alberta, is an exhibition space associated with Banff National Park. The oldest...
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Wildlife crossing (section Banff National Park)
[citation needed] Banff National Park offers one of the best opportunities to study the effectiveness of wildlife crossings because the park contains a wide...
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Alberta Highway 93 (section Banff-Windermere Highway)
Trans-Canada Highway. It travels through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and is maintained by Parks Canada for its entire length. It runs from...
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Banff may refer to: Banff, Alberta, a town in Alberta, Canada Banff Airport Banff station Banff National Park Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Banff...
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(NMCA), and National Park Reserves. Canada established its first national park in Banff in 1885, and has since expanded its national park system to include...
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National Park, the Rocky Mountains Park Act, adopted in 1887, established the Rocky Mountains Park (now Banff National Park). The idea of a national park...
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Canmore, Alberta (section Banff National Park)
kilometres (50 mi) west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rocky Mountains...
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southeastern British Columbia, bordered by Kootenay National Park to the south and Banff National Park to the east in Alberta. The word Yoho is a Cree expression...
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natural thermal mineral springs around which Canada's first national park, Banff National Park, was established. The Cave and Basin is the lowest component...
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Forest Park in 1907, renamed as a national park in 1930, and declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984. Its location is north of Banff National Park and...
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restricted to 90 km/h (56 mph) through national parks in Canada, including Banff National Park. East of Banff, traffic on most of Highway 1 through Alberta...
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Banff Upper Hot Springs are commercially developed hot springs located in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, near the Banff townsite. Europeans first...
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Redoubt (Washington) in Washington, United States Redoubt Mountain in Banff National Park, Canada Redoubt (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Tunnel Mountain (category Mountains of Banff National Park)
Woweyahgey Wakân), is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada at the junction of the Spray River with the Bow...
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either side of the 94 km route, the Banff–Windermere Highway, to be used solely for park purposes. While the park is open all year, the major tourist...
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Provincial Park. Other popular sites include Banff National Park, Elk Island National Park, Jasper National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park, and Drumheller...
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Moraine Lake (category Banff National Park)
Moraine Lake is a snow and glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is...
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Alberta Highway 1 (category Banff, Alberta)
Highway 1 through the Banff National Park is maintained by the Government of Canada. All sections of Highway 1 in the National Park have wildlife fences...
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Mt Norquay (category Banff National Park)
Norquay is a mountain and ski resort in Banff National Park, Canada that lies directly northwest of the Town of Banff. The regular ski season starts early...
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Icefield Hector Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta Peyto Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta Ram Glacier – Banff National Park, Alberta Reef Icefield...
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Rocky Mountains, and includes the Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, as well as the Kananaskis Country park system and the Willmore Wilderness...
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Bow River (category Banff National Park)
Mountains Park, later renamed Banff National Park.: 274–5 Originally 647 square kilometres (250 sq mi), it was Canada's first national park and included...
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North Alabama and Middle Tennessee Wall of Jericho, a mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada The Walls of Jericho, a 1928 novel by Rudolph Fisher...
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its national park status, the Royal National Park is, by some considerations, the second oldest national park now in existence. Banff National Park became...
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