Saturday 30 August 2008: Banff, AB to Lake Louise, AB via rental car (approx. 50 miles)

Moraine Lake near Lake Louise

View near Moraine Lake

Canada Highway 1 between Banff and Lake Louise

Canada Highway 1 between Banff and Lake Louise

Animal crossing on Canada Highway 1

Closeup of same animal crossing

Animal crossing under construction on Canada Highway 1

Post Hotel Lake Louise (above and below)

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (below)

















Our room at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (2 pics above)

View of Lake Louise from the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Part of the huge lobby at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Entrance of Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Entrance of Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Ted at Lake Louise


Today we drove our rental car from Banff (population 8,721) in western Alberta to nearby Lake Louise, AB (population 1,041). Our route took us over both freeway and secondary roads in Banff National Park.
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En route we visited Moraine Lake (www.canadianrockies.net/banff/moraine.html) and beautiful Lake Louise (www.discoverlakelouise.com/).
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For more information on Banff National Park, visit www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index_E.asp.
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We stayed at world-famous Chateau Lake Louise (www.fairmont.com/LakeLouise and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chateau_Lake_Louise). We enjoyed a fabulous gourmet lunch after a site inspection at the Post Hotel Lake Louise, which is a Virtuoso property.
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The total mileage driven today by Barbara was approx. 50 miles.
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I will post additional pics from today soon.