Banff National Park

E91613

World Heritage Site national park protected area

Banff National Park is Canada’s oldest national park, renowned for its rugged Rocky Mountain landscapes, turquoise glacial lakes, and abundant wildlife.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Banff National Park canonical	25
Banff National Park (headwaters region nearby)	1
Banff National Park region	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
area	approximately 6641 square kilometres ⓘ
borderedBy	Jasper National Park ⓘ Kootenay National Park ⓘ Yoho National Park ⓘ
climate	subarctic climate ⓘ
contains	Banff Upper Hot Springs ⓘ Bow Lake ⓘ Bow River ⓘ Cascade Mountain ⓘ Icefields Parkway section ⓘ Lake Louise ⓘ Lake Louise Ski Resort ⓘ Moraine Lake ⓘ Mount Rundle ⓘ Peyto Lake ⓘ Sunshine Village ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ecosystemType	alpine tundra ⓘ montane forest ⓘ subalpine forest ⓘ
established	1885 ⓘ
governingBody	Parks Canada ⓘ
hasWildlife	bighorn sheep ⓘ black bears ⓘ caribou ⓘ cougars ⓘ elk ⓘ grizzly bears ⓘ mountain goats ⓘ wolves ⓘ
isOldestNationalParkIn	Canada ⓘ
knownFor	abundant wildlife ⓘ hiking trails ⓘ hot springs ⓘ rugged mountain landscapes ⓘ ski resorts ⓘ turquoise glacial lakes ⓘ
locatedIn	Alberta ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ surface form: Canadian Rockies North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Banffshire, Scotland ⓘ
nearestTown	Banff ⓘ Lake Louise ⓘ
partOf	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ
primaryAccessRoute	Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
tourismImportance	major international tourist destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1984 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alberta → hasProtectedArea → Banff National Park ⓘ

Rocky Mountains → containsProtectedArea → Banff National Park ⓘ

Western Canada → contains → Banff National Park ⓘ

Jasper National Park → borderedBy → Banff National Park ⓘ

North Saskatchewan River → hasProtectedAreaAlong → Banff National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banff National Park (headwaters region nearby)

Yoho National Park (partly considered within Columbia and Rocky transition) → borderedBy → Banff National Park ⓘ

subject surface form: Yoho National Park

Canadian Pacific Railway mainline → passesThrough → Banff National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banff National Park region

Parks Canada → responsibleFor → Banff National Park ⓘ

Yoho National Park → borderedBy → Banff National Park ⓘ

Bow River → flowsThrough → Banff National Park ⓘ

Canmore Nordic Centre → nearProtectedArea → Banff National Park ⓘ

Rocky Mountain region → contains → Banff National Park ⓘ

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site → includes → Banff National Park ⓘ

Banff → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Banff → gatewayTo → Banff National Park ⓘ

Lake Louise → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Banff Upper Hot Springs → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Banff Upper Hot Springs → protectedArea → Banff National Park ⓘ

Sunshine Village → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Lake Louise Ski Resort → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Banffshire, Scotland → nameUsedFor → Banff National Park ⓘ

subject surface form: Banffshire

Kootenay National Park → borderedBy → Banff National Park ⓘ

Moraine Lake → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Peyto Lake → locatedIn → Banff National Park ⓘ

Peyto Lake → protectedArea → Banff National Park ⓘ

Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site → includesProtectedArea → Banff National Park ⓘ

Columbia Icefield → protectedBy → Banff National Park ⓘ