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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EX_sulphur-mountain-cosmic-ray-station_Banff-Alberta.html
Located at the top of Sulfur Mountain, the cosmic ray station was completed by the National Research Council in 1956, in preparation for International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) an undertaking involving 66 countries and a dozen scientific discip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EL_chateau-lake-louise_Lake-Louise-Alberta.html
This renowned hotel had its origins in a simple log chalet built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1890. Early guests, including some pioneers of mountaineering in the northern Rockies, followed a packhorse trail from the station below. The adven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224O_castle-camp_Castle-Junction-Alberta.html
End of the RoadOn the night of July 14, 1915 sixty prisoners were marshalled off a Canadian Pacific train just west of here and escorted to a barbed wire compound at the end of the unfinished Banff-Laggan (now Lake Louise) road. So began the first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221K_arthur-oliver-wheeler_Jasper-Alberta.html
A preeminent topographical surveyor, Wheeler represented British Columbia on the commission which located and marked the boundary with Alberta between 1913 and 1925. His party surveyed and mapped the 1000 km-long mountain section, using photograph…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221J_the-cave-and-basin_Banff-Alberta.html
The Cave and Basin Springs were brought to public attention after being located by CPR construction workers in 1883. These and the Upper Hot Springs soon drew private entrepreneurs and tourists. Growing support for public ownership prompted the fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21V3_john-murray-gibbon_Banff-Alberta.html
Born in Ceylon and educated in Scotland and Germany, Gibbon studied painting before turning to journalism. As publicity agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1913 to 1945 he combined advertising with the promotion of a Canadian identity, pop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21V1_gateway-to-a-community-and-a-park_Jasper-Alberta.html
Strolling down the aisle, a conductor announces your destination. With steely squeals and a pish-sh-sh-sh of pent up steam, the locomotive glides to a halt. Descending the coach's stairs you step through the mist and arrive at Jasper Station.Begin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1Z_lake-louise-welcome-historical_Lake-Louise-Alberta.html
Imagine arriving here in the 1880s...the smell of pine forest, the sound of avalanches from the mountains above, and the wonder of vast unexplored country ahead. Today, the ice-capped peaks, hidden valleys and turquoise lakes are as spectacular as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W18_banff-springs-hotel-historical_Banff-Alberta.html
This hotel is among the largest and most renowned of the fashionable resort hotels established along railway and steamship routes in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in stage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KC5_storm-mountain_Alberta.html
ENGLISH INSCRIPTION Mountains create their own weather As winds swirl around and rise above these massive barriers, clouds build up and bring the rain and snowstorms for which Storm Mountain was named. Travellers Converge in Valleys Vermil…
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