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Banff National Park
Box 900
Banff, AB
Canada
T1L 1K2
Phone:
403-762-1550
Fax:
403-762-3380
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Banff National Park of Canada


Alberta in canada mapCascade Mountain, Banff National Park
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. From that humble beginning was born Banff National Park, Canada's first national park and the world's third. Spanning 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 square miles) of valleys, mountains, glaciers, forests, meadows and rivers, Banff National Park is one of the world's premier destination spots.

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Your authentic Parks Canada guide to Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho, Mount Revelstoke, Glacier, Waterton Lakes National Parks and Fort St. James, Banff Park Museum, Cave and Basin, Rocky Mountain House, and Bar U Ranch National Historic Sites.

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