🌲 Banff National Park

Canada · Americas · National Park · 51.17°N, 115.55°W

Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. It is bordered by Jasper National Park to the north, Yoho National Park and Kootenay National Park to the west in British Columbia, 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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Quick facts

Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	51.17°N, 115.55°W · view on map

Banff National Park is a national park in Canada, in Americas. The details of why Banff National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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