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- The Town of Banff has an elevation of 4,537 feet (1,383
metres) making it the highest town in Canada
- Banff was established in 1885 as Canada's first National
Park (third in the world) and was the birth of Canada's
vast national parks system
- Banff National Park covers 6,641 square kilometres (2,564
miles)
- Banff has in excess of 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles)
of hiking trails
- Castleguard caves in the Northwest corner of Banff are
Canada's longest cave system
- Banff is home to Alberta's southernmost herd of the
endangered woodland caribou
- Banff National Park is open all year round
- Banff's peak season is July and August
- Banff has in excess of 2,468 campsites
- The Town of Banff has a population of 7,500
- Banff National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
a United nations designation which helps protect over
20,000 square kilometres (7,700 square miles) of the Canadian
Rocky Mountains
- A permit is required for all visitors to Banff National
Park and is available at the park entry gates and visitor
centres
- Banff National Park is managed by Parks Canada, a division
of the federal department of Canadian Heritage
- The name "Banff" is derived from Banffshire,
Scotland, the birthplace of two of the original directors
of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Banff National Park is home to the following seven National
historic sites: Skoki Lodge, Abbot Pass Hut, Howse Pass,
Cave and Basin, Banff Park Museum, Fairmont Banff Springs
Hotel, and the Cosmic Ray Station on Sanson Peak
- The highest mountain in Banff National Park is Mt. Forbes
which stands at 11,850 feet (3,612 metres)
- Mountains in Banff National Park are 45 to 120 million
years old
- Banff National Park has in excess of 1,000 glaciers
- The Bow River in Banff flows as far as Hudson's Bay
- The largest dammed lake in Banff is Lake Minnewanka and
the largest natural lake is Hector Lake
- More than 4,000,000 visitors travel to Banff National
Park every year since 1996
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