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Banff

Turquoise of the Rockies
Mountain & Ski ResortsThermal & Wellness Towns
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Three railway workers found a hot spring here in 1883 and claimed it; the government resolved the argument by taking the land and creating Canada's first national park in 1885, which is why Banff is a town inside a park with its population capped by law. The lake colours come from glacial rock flour suspended in the water.

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