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The fields beneath Castle Mountain once were home to Western Canada's largest city. The boom town of Silver City lived for just a few years, but had 2,500 residents at its heyday in the 1880s.
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The Continental Divide, the "spine" of the Canadian Rockies and boarder between Alberta and British Columbia, sends precipitation falling on its western slopes to the Pacific Ocean and on its eastern slopes to the Atlantic. Rain falling on the Town of Banff will eventually make its way to the Atlantic Ocean!
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Mount Robson is the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies, standing 3,954 metres. It was first summitted in 1913, but more difficult routes on the mountain remain unclimbed to this day!
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Georgetown was a small mining town located not far from Canmore. When the Georgetown mine closed, many of its residents moved to Canmore and its buildings were skidded down the ice on the Bow River. Many still stand in Canmore today.
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The largest lake in the park, Lake Minnewanka, is man-made. When it was dammed, the water level rose and drowned the tiny resort village of Minnewanka Landing.
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‘Ha Ling Peak’, the prominent prow-shaped mountain adjacent to Mount Rundle above Canmore, is named after a Chinese cook who worked at the town’s early mining camps. In 1896, Ha Ling bet co-workers he could climb to the mountaintop, plant a flag and return to the town in 10 hours. He accomplished the feat in five and a half hours. Formerly known as ‘Chinaman’s Peak’, the name ‘Ha Ling’ was approved in the summer of 1997.
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The fields beneath Castle Mountain once were home to Western Canada's largest city. The boom town of Silver City lived for just a few years, but had 2,500 residents at its heyday in the 1880s.
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The slope ratings at Canmore's Silvertip Golf Course range from 137 to a whopping 153, making it the most challenging course in Canada and the fourth most challenging in North America.
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Score Magazine named the 36 holes at Kananaskis Country Golf Course Canada’s best value for money links and, in 1999, Golf Digest named the Kananaskis club among the top courses in North America.
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The Canadian National Cross-country Ski Team is based in Canmore and trains at the Canmore Nordic Centre, home of the 1988 Olympic Games.
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The tiny hamlet of Seebe, located 20 kilometres east of the Banff Park Gates, is home to a curling arena once named by the Guiness Book of World Records as the smallest, anywhere.
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In August 1999, Orgeon-based extreme kayaker Tao Berman paddled over 98-foot Upper Johnston Canyon Falls setting a new official world free-fall record and eclipsing his own previous record.
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