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Banff National Park
Banff National Park
is
Canada
's oldest
national park
, established in 1885 in the
Rocky Mountains
. The park, located west of
Calgary
in the province of
Alberta
, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous
glaciers
and
ice fields
, dense
coniferous
forest, and alpine landscapes. The
Icefields Parkway
extends from
Lake Louise
, connecting to
Jasper National Park
in the north. Provincial forests and
Yoho National Park
are neighbours to the west, while
Kootenay National Park
is located to the south and
Kananaskis Country
to the southeast. The main commercial centre of the park is the town of
Banff
, in the
Bow River
valley.
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