Banff in Banff National Park, Alberta — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

Banff Springs Hotel

L'Hôtel Banff Springs

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 17, 1997

1. Banff Springs Hotel Marker

Inscription. 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 stages between 1911 and 1928, the hotel developed an international reputation for excellence as a vacation retreat and became a symbol of the significance of tourism in the Canadian Rockies. Its striking natural setting, Chateau-style design and lavish interior décor appealed to a wealthy clientele seeking a wilderness experience in opulent surroundings.

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Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.

Location. 51° 9.81′ N, 115° 33.702′ W. Marker is in Banff, Alberta, in Banff National Park. It is on Spray Avenue 0.3 kilometers south of Rundle Avenue, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or

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near this postal address: 4010 Spray Ave, Banff AB T0L, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies.

It is also in the Prairies.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony

and also Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Murray Gibbon (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Banff Park Museum (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Norman Sanson (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); A Zoo in Banff (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); The Cave and Basin (approx. 2 kilometers away); Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); An Architectural Landmark (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Tunnel Mountain - What’s in a name? (approx. 3.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Banff.

More about this marker. The marker is mounted to a low stone monument on a traffic island in front of the hotel, easily visible as one approaches the site

Banff Springs Hotel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 17, 1997

2. Banff Springs Hotel

from Spray Avenue.

Also see . . . Banff Springs Hotel (Wikipedia). (Submitted on December 1, 2016.)

Banff Springs Hotel-Canadian Rockies in the background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 17, 1997

3. Banff Springs Hotel-Canadian Rockies in the background

Downtown Banff image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 17, 1997

4. Downtown Banff

<i>Banff Springs Hotel</i> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Byron Harmon, circa 1925

5. Banff Springs Hotel

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 875 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 5. submitted on December 1, 2016. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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