Information and facts about Lake Louise
Lake Louise is in the Mountain Standard Time / MST time zone (GMT -7)
Elevation: 1,536 m (5,039 feet)
Latitude: 51.418756
Longitude: -116.218762
Facts about Lake Louise
The elevation of Lake Louise is 1,536 m (5,039 feet), the highest permanent settlement in Canada.
3 million: the number of people who visit each year.
11,000: B.C., the year that humans discovered Banff, according to archaeologists.
8300: the number of permanent residents in the Town of Banff.
6600: in square kilometres, the size of Banff National Park.
3612: the number, in metres (11,850 feet), of Mt. Forbes – the highest mountain totally within the park – seen from North Saskatchewan River Crossing along the Icefields Parkway.
2600: the estimated number of mountain goats.
1990: the year that Banff became a self-governing municipality within the province of Alberta.
1909: skiing is introduced in Lake Louise and Banff by Swiss and Austrian mountain guides.
1900: the population of the Hamlet of Lake Louise in the summer – 1500 in the winter.
1884: Banff was named after the town of Banffshire, Scotland by Lord Steven, a former CPR director.
1885: the year Banff National Park was established, the first in Canada and third in the world.
1882: Horse outfitter Tom Wilson, with guidance from a Stoney Indian, discovered Lake Louise.
1000: the estimated number of elk.
80: the estimated number of grizzly bears – there are between 50 and 60 black bears.
51: the number of hotels – 5349 beds.
50: the estimated number of wolves.
12: golf courses within a short drive, including the only one in the park at The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.
7: the number of national historic sites – the most within any Canadian national park.
3: the number of ski resorts – Banff Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village and the Lake Louise Mountain Resort, with 200 kilometres of trails spread over 7,748 acres.
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