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Visit Banff: The Canadien Rockies. Kevin Shane Cantley Dorothy Dimeling
English Composition 101 March 7, 2007 Banff National Park ...
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Kevin Shane Cantley
Dorothy Dimeling
English Composition 101
March 7, 2007
Banff National Park, the oldest National Park in Canada, is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the province of Alberta. “There are many resorts and lodges for tourists, one being an upscale accommodation designed in the likeness of a Scottish baronial castle.” (Mobile 5) Banff National Park is 6,641 square kilometers of mountain landscape. “The snow-capped mountains of the Canadian Rockies reflect mirror images on glacier fed lakes and rivers and form a spectacular backdrop for endless forests.” (Hempstead 295) Banff National Park is also “the home of two of North America’s most famous resort towns, Banff Township and Lake Louise.”(Hempstead 295) Another reason to visit Banff National Park is because of the currency exchange rate. Most merchants do accept Canadian or US Dollars. “Keep in mind that the Canadian Dollar is worth less than the US Dollar, but buys nearly as much in the way of goods and services.” (McRae and Blore 25) Banff National Park is a place that offers a variety of year-round attractions and a rich cultural history for visitors and residents alike.
“Evidence of human occupation in the Bow Valley and on the shores of Lake Minnewanka dates back to 11500 BC.” (www.banff.ca) Early Indians utilized the area around Banff for hunting and fishing purposes. Buffalo were hunted for food, tools and clothing, and were an essential part of early civilization here. Man did not easily hunt Buffalo. On foot with just a stone spear, man had to learn to be cunning and calculating. “One band of Indians built a five-mile long pile of rocks that may have been used to steer buffalo towards cliffs, bogs or box canyons to allow the buffalo to be speared more easily.”(Sattler 58) By 6000 BC, some of the woodland peoples of this area had learned to grow part of their food. In 1750 AD, Plains Blackfoot, Kootenany and Cree...
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