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The Fairmont Banff Springs, formerly and commonly known as the Banff Springs Hotel, is a historic hotel in western Canada, located in Banff, Alberta. The entire town, including the hotel, is situated in Banff National Park , a national park managed by Parks Canada .
The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise is a Fairmont hotel on the eastern shore of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta. The original hotel was gradually developed at the turn of the 20th century by the Canadian Pacific Railway and was thus "kin" to its predecessors, the Banff Springs Hotel and the Château Frontenac. The original wooden Rattenbury Wing ...
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Banff Springs Hotel in Banff National Park is a reported location of multiple hauntings, including the ghosts of a young bride, bellman and a Haunted room no.873 (now sealed and combined with room no.875, but underlines of the door and lights above the door place remain visible and a ghost still supposedly haunts the room). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary, 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, and 1,400 to 1,630 m (4,590 to 5,350 ft) above sea level. [5] Banff was the first municipality to incorporate within a Canadian national park.
Sulphur Mountain (Nakoda: Mînî Rhuwîn) is a mountain in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains overlooking the town of Banff, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1916 for the hot springs on its lower slopes. [1] George Dawson had referred to this landform as Terrace Mountain on his 1886 map of the area.
Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park.Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) [3] of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.
Valley of the Ten Peaks (French: Vallée des Dix Pics) is a valley in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is crowned by ten notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near Lake Louise .