Added on December 26, 2007 and filed under Alberta, Historical Sites, National Parks
In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) construction workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. From that humble beginning was born Banff National Park, Canada’s first national park and the world’s third. Spanning over 6,641 sq kms (2,564 square miles) of valleys, mountains, [...]