Walking Through Banff's Nature

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Typical Ban birds

Black-billed magpie

It might look tame, but it’s not. Keep your distance from these potentially dangerous animals.

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Small mammals you might see

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Bow River

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River habitat

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

Chipmunk

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Central Park

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Bow Falls

Big views—tiny animals

Farther afield: Golf Course/Spray River Trail

Farther afield: Sulphur Mountain

Fossils on Mt. Norquay

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Unusual wildflowers

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Banff Park Museum

Butterwort

Yellow lady’s-slipper

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Bow Falls views and a fish story

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Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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Flood plain

Sky-scraper views Farther aďŹ eld: Cave and Basin/Sundance Trail

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Surprise Corner views

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Farther aďŹ eld: Hoodoos Trail

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Trembling aspen

Ancient bison

Farther aďŹ eld: Tunnel Mountain

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Church of hard rock

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Lodgepole pine

View from the green spot on Mt. Norquay

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Tilted limestone sheets

Mount Norquay— open slopes for skiers and wildlife

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Echo Creek

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A healthy ecosystem returns

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Sand dunes and beach ridges

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Glacial grinding

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A bear’s picnic

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CPR views

Canada buffaloberry Horsetails

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Royal willows

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Fenland Loop and Vermilion Lakes Drive

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A bear’s picnic

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CPR views

Canada buffaloberry Horsetails

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Royal willows

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Fenland Loop and Vermilion Lakes Drive

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Echo Creek

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A healthy ecosystem returns

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Sand dunes and beach ridges

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Glacial grinding

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Church of hard rock

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Lodgepole pine

View from the green spot on Mt. Norquay

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Tilted limestone sheets

Mount Norquay— open slopes for skiers and wildlife

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Surprise Corner views

9

Farther aďŹ eld: Hoodoos Trail

10

Trembling aspen

Ancient bison

Farther aďŹ eld: Tunnel Mountain

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Stone-faced

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Flood plain

Sky-scraper views Farther aďŹ eld: Cave and Basin/Sundance Trail

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Unusual wildflowers

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Banff Park Museum

Butterwort

Yellow lady’s-slipper

26

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Bow Falls views and a fish story

6

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

23/07/2009 1:36:57 PM


3

Central Park

27

4

Bow Falls

Big views—tiny animals

Farther afield: Golf Course/Spray River Trail

Farther afield: Sulphur Mountain

Fossils on Mt. Norquay

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23/07/2009 1:36:50 PM


Small mammals you might see

1

Bow River

2

River habitat

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

Chipmunk

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23/07/2009 1:36:44 PM


Typical Ban birds

Black-billed magpie

It might look tame, but it’s not. Keep your distance from these potentially dangerous animals.

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