Banff is located at an elevation of 4,537 feet (1,383 metres) making it the highest town in Canada
Established in 1885 as Canada's first National Park (third in the world)
Banff National Park covers 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 miles)
Banff has over of 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) of hiking trails
Castleguard caves are Canada's longest cave system
Home to Alberta's southernmost herd of the endangered woodland caribou
Banff has over 2,468 campsites
Banff National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a United nations designation which helps protect over 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 square miles) of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
The name "Banff" is derived from Banffshire, Scotland, the birthplace of two of the original directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Banff National Park is home to the following seven National historic sites: Skoki Lodge, Abbot Pass Hut, Howse Pass, Cave and Basin, Banff Park Museum, Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, and the Cosmic Ray Station on Sanson Peak
The highest mountain in Banff National Park is Mt. Forbes which stands at 11,850 feet (3,612 metres)
Mountains in Banff National Park are 45 to 120 million years old
Banff National Park has in excess of 1,000 glaciers
The Bow River in Banff flows as far as Hudson's Bay
The largest dammed lake in Banff is Lake Minnewanka and the largest natural lake is Hector Lake
More than 4,000,000 visitors travel to Banff National Park every year since 1996
