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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 National Park 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)
- The tree line lies approximately around 7,500 feet (2,300 metres) leading to glaciers and beautiful alpine meadows
- Banff National Park 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 National Park's peak season is July and August
- Banff National Park 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
Rockies
- 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
- Our research showed the highest mountain in Banff National Park to be Mt. Forbes
which stands at 11,850 feet (3,612 metres), but recent information tells us that the summit of Mt. Assiniboine (Assiniboine Provincial Park, BC) actually crosses the Banff National Park border which should make Mt. Assiniboine the highest at 11,870 feet (3,618 metres).
- Skiing was introduced to the Banff and Lake Louise area in 1909 by Swiss and Austrian mountain guides.
- 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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