Banff to Lake Louise Scenic Drive (Bow Valley Parkway)
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🚗10 mapped stops
The original 1920s highway through Banff National Park — slower and more beautiful than the Trans-Canada. Black bears at the roadside, turquoise rivers, and the grand lake that launched Canadian tourism when the railway reached it in 1885.
Stops on This Tour (10)
- 1 Banff Town Centre (Banff Ave) Banff Town Centre (Banff Ave)
- 2 Bow Falls Bow Falls
- 3 Vermilion Lakes Viewpoint Vermilion Lakes Viewpoint
- 4 Bow Valley Parkway (Hwy 1A junction) Bow Valley Parkway (Hwy 1A junction)
- 5 Johnston Canyon Trailhead Johnston Canyon Trailhead
- 6 Castle Mountain Viewpoint Castle Mountain Viewpoint
- 7 Baker Creek Baker Creek
- 8 Morant's Curve (railway viewpoint) Morant's Curve (railway viewpoint)
- 9 Lake Louise Village Lake Louise Village
- 10 Lake Louise Lakeshore Lake Louise Lakeshore
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