Wildlife Bios | Birding | Death to Live | The Lion Sleeps | Poaching Central Rockies Mammals Guidebook | Wildlife Fine Art Banff National Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including grizzly and black bears, mountain caribou, moose and wolves. It’s also the residence of smaller creatures, like hoary marmots, pikas and…
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Top Ten
Sunshine Meadows | Icefields Parkway | Wildlife Watch Diamond Jewel | Banff by Horsesback | $20 View Banff National Park has outstanding scenery nearly everywhere you look, so much so that it’s often tough to decide where to spend your time. Here are ten hard and fast things to do in Banff that won’t disappoint,…
Banff Quick Tour
Sights | Facts | Wildlife | How to Get There | Park Fees Hot Springs | Don’t Forget… Discover Biking in Scottsdale, Arizona!Phoenix/Scottsdale Bike RentalsBike Scenic Arizona Canal The Banff National Park Quick Tour takes you out on the road for a brief look at what Banff has to offer to the first-time visitor. You’ll…
Park Information
Fees | About the Park | Campgrounds | Banff and Area Drives and Walks Lake Louise Drives and Walks | Hot Pools | Eco Tours and Activities Founded in 1885 after the chance discovery of hot springs on Sulphur Mountain, Banff National Park was Canada’s first national park and the world’s third. Today, it is…
About Banff
In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
Bill Peyto Park Guardian
Banff History, These Mountains… © Historical photos by Byron Harmon, courtesy of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Adapted From the Play Guardian Spirits By Jeff Waugh And so it was that, in 1882, Tom Wilson, a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, “discovered” Lake Louise. A year later the Cave and Basin Hot…
Guardian Spirits
Banff History, The Discovery… © Historical photos by Byron Harmon, courtesy of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Adapted From the Play Guardian Spirits By Jeff Waugh People have been coming to visit these mountains for a variety of reasons for thousands of years. First came the hunters and gatherers, then other nomadic Indian…
Banff National Park History
Photo History of the Rockies | Guardian Spirits Bill Peyto Park Guardian | About Banff Ten thousand years ago, natives camped on the shores of the Vermilion Lakes beneath the windswept peak of Mount Rundle. They were the only people here to enjoy the mountain landscape, the beautiful sunrises and the hot springs. Nearly ten…
Banff National Park Accommodations – Hotels and Lodging at Banff National Park
PUBLISHERS NOTE: Many accommodations in this area fill up for the summer holidays at a rapid pace. If you are planning on visiting the Canadian Rockies do not hesitate – Banff National Park receives over 4.5 million visitors a year – the bulk of which visit in June – Sept. followed by a second wave…
Hiking the Canadian Rockies — Banff National Park, Johnson Lake
Johnson Lake, Banff National Park Text and photography by Mike Potter for CanadianRockies.net Looking for a leisurely hike in the Banff National Park area of the Canadian Rockies? Look no further. The Johnson Lake circuit provides an excellent chance for viewing the flora and fauna of Banff National Park, without requiring a multi-day outing, or…