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Banff National Park is Canada's oldest and most famous national park. It was founded in
1885 after the discovery of the Cave and Basin Hot Springs. From humble beginnings as
a 26 square kilometre hot springs reserve, Banff National Park now consists of 6,641
square kilometres of unparalleled mountain scenery nestled in the heart of the
magnificent Canadian Rockies. Each year, millions of visitors come to Banff to marvel at
the emerald waters of Lake Louise, walk amongst the flower-filled heavens at Sunshine
Meadows, and drive beneath the towering jagged peaks lining the Ice fields Parkway
between Banff and Jasper.
Ten thousand years ago, natives camped on the shores of the Vermilion Lakes beneath
the windswept peak of Mount Rundle. They were the only people here to enjoy the
mountain landscape, the beautiful sunrises and the hot springs. Nearly ten millennia later,
a struggling nation forged a crazy dream of connecting itself from sea to sea with steel
rails, and from this railway venture was born Canada's most famous park, Banff National
Park.
Banff National Park contains some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the
world. Snow-capped peaks, glistening glaciers, ice fields, alpine meadows, blue cold
crystal clear lakes, raging rivers, mineral hot springs, deep canyons, hoodoos and
sweeping vistas are just one part of the allure of Banff National Park. The park is also the
home of some of North America's wildest creatures, including black and grizzly bears,
caribou and wolves.
Banff and Lake Louis are two major towns in Banff National Park. As the largest town in
the park, Banff is "Canada's Highest Town" at 1384 m (4540 ft) above sea level. Lake
Louise, with its blue-green water set against the stark backdrop of Victoria Glacier, is the
highest permanent settlement in Canada at 1,536m (5,039 feet) above the sea level and
probably the most beloved and most photographed scene in the Canadian Rockies.
In Banff National Park, driving through the Bow Valley Parkway, one of the world's most
scenic highways, is a good opportunity to see animals, particularly deer, bears and
moose. Banff National Park is part of the UNESCO Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage
Site.