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The Lake Louise Ski Resort is the first stop on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit, and the only place in Canada where this event is held. [9] The event, also known as the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup , is described by Alpine Canada as "Canada's highest-profile alpine ski race", [ 10 ] and attracts high-profile downhill skiers from ...
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Whitehorn is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny .
Kinosoo Ridge Ski Resort, Cold Lake; Lake Louise Mountain Resort, Lake Louise in Banff National Park; Little Smokey Ski Area, Falher, Alberta; Marmot Basin, Jasper; Misery Mountain, Alberta, Peace River; Mount Norquay ski resort, Banff; Nakiska (1988 Winter Olympics) Nitehawk Ski Area, Grande Prairie; Rabbit Hill Snow Resort, Edmonton; Silver ...
Lake Louise is a hamlet within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Named after Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll , it lies in Alberta's Rockies on the Bow River , 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the lake that shares its name.
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) [3] of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.
Lake Louise (named Ho-run-num-nay (Lake of the Little Fishes) by the Stoney Nakoda First Nations people) [1] [2] is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Situated 11 km (6.8 mi) east of the border with British Columbia , Lake Louise is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway ...
On 14 February 1880 in Ottawa, Princess Louise was injured when her horse-drawn sleigh turned over. Hitting her head on the metal frame of the sleigh, Louise suffered from neuralgia after the incident. The public was not made aware of the event, with the aide-de-camp to the Governor General downplaying the incident to the press.
Banff Sunshine Village (formerly Sunshine Village) is a ski resort in western Canada, located on the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies within Banff National Park in Alberta and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia. It is one of three major ski resorts located in the Banff National Park. [3]