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| A Banff Shopping Center (devoted to honoring Canadian skiers)
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| look carefully. It's impressive that the statue is balanced given its size and
the smallness of its base.
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| Views from Downtown
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| Views from (the high side of) Bow Falls
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| Cave and Basin
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| They don't let people swim in the springs anymore because
they're worried about an endangered snail that only lives in
these springs! Read the sign for details.
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| Cascade Gardens at Canada Place
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| A very busy picture looking up the hillside of Cascade Gardens. Switch to
full size and see how many different types of gazebos and bridges you can
count. They used a wide variety of architectural styles and building
materials.
| A view across part of Cascade Gardens. This was intentionally taken to
play the count-the-gazebos game. (Hint: There are four; can you find them all?)
| A view from the gardens down towards Canada place. The whole view seems
very Canadian: the flag, a relic representing history (a teepee in this
case), the Colonial house, evergreens everywhere,
and snow-topped mountains in the distance.
| Most of the ponds and falls in this garden didn't have water. I was struck
by how beautiful the gardens could be if all the streams were flowing.
I took this picture (of three ponds, two of which are empty) to remind myself
of this sad lack of water.
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| Low Side of Bow Falls
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| Yes, this awning leads to a trail which really is an entrance to a pub called the Maldhouse!
| The Maldhouse itself, a few hundred yards away from entrance in the previous
photograph.
| See the shiny bus on the road near the top of falls?
That's roughly were I was when I took the above pictures from the high
side of the falls.
| down-river
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| The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
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| very impressive
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