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Explore, hike, camp and discover their challenges and triumphs. With diverse terrain embracing everything from arid grasslands to glaciers, Kootenay National Park offers the full Rocky Mountain experience along the historic Banff-Windermere Highway.
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Skip to main content. Banff Is … Hell? Source: Second Century Club collection. Photo taken by Alan MacEachern. A page in the guidebook The Banff-Windermere Highway, Williams, M. The Banff-Windermere Highway, Ottawa: F. Acland, Phillips and Chief Warden Howard Sibbald, ca. Peyto Lake, one of the attractions located in Banff National Park. Further readings:.
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