Map of Banff & Jasper National Parks, Canada, by ITMB

Description

Map of Banff & Jasper National Parks, Canada, by ITMB
Printed on waterproof & tear resistant paper
Banff National Park is Canada's first national park and especially the jewel of the Rocky Mountains. Banff National Park on one side of the map and Jasper National Park on the other and includes hiking trails.
The map includes city plans of Banff (1:12,500), Jasper (1:15,000) and Lake Louise (1:33,000).
Scale of main maps are, 1:240,000 & 1:250,000
From the Publisher: Banff is the first national park declared anywhere in the world, done at a time when the idea of reserving huge tracts of land for the enjoyment of future generations was an admirable, though unheard of, concept. The park in the Rocky Mountains of western Alberta remains as lovely and as enjoyable as it must have seemed to the early CPR railway surveyors searching for a route through the mountains to join the then-colony of British Columbia to Canada. Nowadays, the park is laced with roads and hiking trails, and the town of Banff within the park is severely pressed to maintain a balance between serving the needs of the millions of visitors each year and the responsibility of maintaining a pristine wilderness environment. This is the Number One national park in the world to this day! Immediately adjacent to Banff NP is Jasper National Park, which was created a bit later but for the same reason to protect a wonderful pristine wilderness while pushing through a rail line to the coast to bind British Columbia more closely, but also to provide access to a second west coast port (Prince Rupert). The park has only one small urban area, the town of Jasper, and is home to the marvelous Columbia Icefield at the Athabasca Glacier, the loveliest lake in the world, Maligne, and the majestic peaks of the massive Victoria Range. As a bonus, Mount Robson Park is also included, as are townsite insets for both Banff and Jasper, so anyone visiting the Canadian Rockies can benefit from using this map.
Map measures approx. 39" x 27" when unfolded, printed on both sides.
Copyright 2016, ISBN
978-1771290852
Map is brand new!