Bow Valley

That little mound in the middle of the photo almost became an engineering bungle, when the engineer laying the rail road drew up plans for a tunnel to pass though the mountain, rather than simply laying the tracks on either side of it, and making use of the valley. He never lived that one down and now it is called Tunnel mountain. Banff town is at the base of Tunnel mountain

Banff

September 24th 2006
Espanol malo abajo...................... Banff is what it is. You can't knock it because it started that way and has never been anything different. And, as it knows it, it doesn't suffer that pretentiousness that prevades the air up in Jasper. Banff is a tourist town. It all started way back in 1883 when three prospectors stumbled on to a warm stream that led into a hole. One of them, William M ... read more

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more

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