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The Icefields Parkway was predated by the Glacier Trail, which opened in 1885 after the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed and brought increased tourist traffic to Banff National Park. In 1931, the federal government commissioned the construction of a single-track road between Lake Louise and Jasper in the Great Depression as a relief project .
Parks Canada enacted seasonal travel restrictions along the Bow Valley Parkway on a 17 km (11 mi) segment between the Johnston Canyon Campground and the Fireside Picnic Area (adjacent to the Highway 1 eastern junction). From March 1 to June 25, travel is not permitted between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. in order to protect wildlife.
It is located within Banff National Park at the junction of Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway). It is administered by Improvement District No. 9. It was named "The Crossing", when travellers and fur traders used this spot to cross the North Saskatchewan River on their way to British Columbia in the 19th ...
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Highway 93 north (Icefields Parkway) – Jasper, Rocky Mountain House: West end of Hwy 93 concurrency; tolled, National Park Pass required: Lake Louise: 9.3: 5.8 (10) Highway 1A east (Bow Valley Parkway) / Lake Louise Drive west: Castle Junction: 34.7: 21.6 (35) Highway 93 south (Banff–Windermere Highway) – Kootenay National Park, Radium ...
All highways within this series are numbered from 1 to 100, with the exception of highways 201 and 216 which serve as the ring roads for Calgary and Edmonton, respectively. Highways 1 and 16 make up part of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) system, and are the only highways within the network that are given this designation.
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The Icefields Parkway is a 230-kilometre-long (140 mi) [36] road connecting Lake Louise to Jasper, Alberta. The Parkway originates at Lake Louise, and extends north up the Bow Valley, past Hector Lake, which is the largest natural lake in the park. [35] Other scenic lakes near the parkway include Bow Lake, and Peyto Lakes, both north of Hector ...