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The river weaving through the park is great for white water rafting, with areas that are suitable for adults and children. The view of the mountains is unbeatable from atop the fast-flowing river.
Bow Lake is a small lake in western Alberta, Canada.It is located on the Bow River, in the Canadian Rockies, at an altitude of 1920 m.. The lake lies south of the Bow Summit, east of the Waputik Range (views including Wapta Icefield, Bow Glacier, Bow Peak, Mount Thompson, Crowfoot Glacier and Crowfoot Mountain) and west of the Dolomite Pass, Dolomite Peak and Cirque Peak.
The Vermilion Lakes are a series of lakes located immediately west of Banff, Alberta, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The three lakes are formed in the Bow River valley, in the Banff National Park, at the foot of Mount Norquay. They are located between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks.
Named after Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, it lies in Alberta's Rockies on the Bow River, 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the lake that shares its name. Initially settled in 1884 as an outpost for the Canadian Pacific Railway , Lake Louise sits at an elevation of 1,600 m (5,200 ft), making it Canada's highest community.
A much larger area, the Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, contains the 575 km 2 Yamnuska Natural Area that protects the sub-alpine ecosystem of the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains between the Kananaskis park system and Banff National Park, which it borders to the west. [7]
The Cave and Basin National Historic Site of Canada is located in the town of Banff, Alberta, within the Canadian Rocky Mountains, at the site of natural thermal mineral springs around which Canada's first national park, Banff National Park, was established.