Banff National Park
Banff National Park (French: [Parc national Banff] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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. There is also a large coniferous forest. The main town near to the park is Banff. Banff is one of the seven parks in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.
| Banff National Park | |
|---|---|
IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
| File:Moraine Lake 17092005.jpg Moraine Lake, and the Valley of the Ten Peaks | |
| Location of Banff National Park | |
| Location | Alberta's Rockies, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°30′N 116°00′W / 51.5°N 116.0°WCoordinates: 51°30′N 116°00′W / 51.5°N 116.0°W |
| Area | 6,641 km2 (2,564 sq mi) |
| Visitors | 4,130,081 (in 2022–23[1]) |
| World Heritage Site | 304 |
| Website | Official website |
Banff National Park Media
- Consolation-Lake-Szmurlo.jpg
Lower Consolation Lake in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
- Banff from Sulphur Mountain 2020.jpg
View from the summit of Sulphur Mountain, showing Banff and the surrounding areas
- Banff springs hotel 1902.jpg
Banff Springs Hotel, 1902
- Cpr rockies ad.jpg
Canadian Pacific Railway advertising brochure, highlighting Mount Assiniboine and Banff scenery, c. 1917
- Castle mountain camp 1915.jpg
Castle Mountain internment camp, 1915
- Banffmapv2.jpg
Map of Banff National Park
- Lake Louise 17092005.jpg
- Castle Mountain.jpg
Castle Mountain from the Bow River bank, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
- Reflection at Two Jack Lake.jpg
Two Jack Lake and Mount Rundle
- Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefield.jpg
The Columbia Icefield's Athabasca Glacier at the northern end of Banff
References
- ↑ Canada, Parks. "Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ↑ "The Mountain Guide – Banff National Park" (PDF). Parks Canada. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2006.