Towns & Villages

Jasper National Park

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 08:41
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Lake Minnewanka

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 22:26
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If you are visiting Banff National Park, you must take the time to visit Lake Minnewanka. Just 15 minutes from town, Lake Minnewanka is a glacial lake that is 24 km long and up to 466 ft deep. Between May and October, Minnewanka Boat Tours offers several daily 1.5 hour cruises complete with an experienced crew that provides some history about the area and it's roots. The Lake Minnewanka valley has some of the most spectacular scenery found anywhere in Canada.

Bankhead

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 07:12
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Bankhead was town established in the early 1900s around a coal mine on the lower slopes of Cascade Mountain. Originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Bankhead was once considered to be the most modern town in all of Alberta. At its peak, the Bankhead coal mine employed 300 men and produced a half a million tons of coal every year. Eventually, production and profits went down causing Canadian Pacific Railroad to close down the coal mine and town in 1922.

Archeological Sites in Banff National Park

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 07:37
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The valleys, passes and mountainous areas that make up Banff National Park have been used for over 10,000 years by early humans. As of 2004, 766 archaeological sites have been discovered in Banff, including 416 aboriginal sites and 309 historic sites. Each site has contained traces of past human activity such as arrowheads, tools, or historic structures.

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