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  • The elevation of Banff townsite is 1,383 m (4,537 feet), the highest town in Canada. The elevation of Lake Louise is 1,536 m (5,039 feet), the highest permanent settlement in Canada.

  • Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, the 3rd oldest in the world, established in 1885. The Park is 6,641 sq. km (2,564 sq. miles) in area. It is managed by Parks Canada, part of the federal department of Canadian Heritage.

  • The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is a United Nations designation which includes Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks, plus adjacent BC provincial parks: Hamber, Mount Robson and Mount Assiniboine. This area helps protect over 20,000 sq. km (7,700 sq. miles) of the Rocky Mountains.

  • There are seven National Historic Sites within Banff National Park; Skoki Lodge, Abbot Pass Hut, Howse Pass, Cave & Basin, Banff Park Museum, Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, and the Cosmic Ray Station on Sanson Peak.

  • Banff, town and park, are named for Banffshire, Scotland - birthplace of two of the original Canadian Pacific Railway directors. Pronounced "Bamph".

  • The highest mountain within Banff National Park is Mt. Forbes, 3,612 m (11,850 feet), seen from North Saskatchewan River Crossing along the Icefields Parkway.

  • The mountains are 120 million to 45 million years old (middle-aged by world standards). The main rock type found in the mountains: sedimentary (limestone, shale, quartz, sandstone, dolomite).

  • There are more than 1,000 glaciers in Banff National Park. The largest and deepest lake is Lake Minnewanka (damned) the largest natural lake is Hector Lake. The Bow River is the main river in Banff National Park, its headwaters are at Bow Glacier/Bow Lake flows to Hudson's Bay.
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