Banff Trail Riders is a great place to go. It is located just outside of Banff Town.Banff Trail Riders

The Big Rock

The Big Rock is an enormous glacial erratic. It was transported far from its place of origin by glacial ice. The Okatoks Erratic is the largest known rock in the Foothills Erratic Train, a group of rocks that were carried by ice along the moutain front and let down as the glacier melted more than 10,000 years ago. The Okotoks Erratic weighs an estimated 16,500 tonnes. It measures about 9 meters high, 41 meters long and 18 meters wide. To learn more about the Okotoks Erratic “Big Rock” you can go to Okotoks Erratic- “The Big Rock”

Lake Louis

Lake Louise is located in Banff National Park in southwestern Alberta. Lake Louise is one of the most photographed sites in Canada and possibly the world. In the busy summer months there can be up to 15,000 people  visiting the shore of Lake Louise a day. Lake Louise is 2.4 km long, with an elevation of 1731 m. A little history to this lake is that Lake Louise was the third name given to the lake. It was first named Ho-Run-Num-Nay, meaning lake of little fishes, by Stoney natives that had settled in the area. In 1882 a Stoney Native led a Canadian railway worker Tom Wilson to the lake. He was the first man to see it and named it Emerald Lake. Two years later it was renamed Lake Louise after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), the daughter of Queen Victoria. Louise was married to Marquis of Lorne, the Governor General of Canada from 1878-1883. To learn more go to Banff and Beyond or Banff & Lake Louise Tourism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the top restaurants in Banff Alberta are…

• The Bear Street Tavern

• Nourish Bistro Banff

• Wild Bill’s Legendary Saloon
  

and more can be found at Banff Restaurants

Being a little wierd is just a natural side- effect of being awsome – Sue Fitzmaurice