• Key Information

  • Banff National Park

  • Type
    National Park and Mountain Range
  • Area
    2,564 square miles
  • Established
    1885 (Rocky Mountains Park)
  • Learning Point
  • The Banff National Park was the first national park created in Canada, and contains many magnificent mountains, valleys and lakes. The geography of much of the park is as a result of glaciers that have moved through the park over many centuries.
  • Project
  • Draw a location in Banff National Park.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Alberta, Canada
  • Fun Facts
  • Water and glacial erosion carved the mountains into their present rugged shape.
  • Mountains in Banff include complex, irregular, anticlinal, synclinal, castellate, dogtooth, and sawback mountains.
  • In 1985 in Banff National Park alone there were 365 glaciers but by 2005, 29 glaciers had disappeared.
  • The tallest peak entirely within the park is Mount Forbes at 11,850 ft.