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Banff

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Banff (bămf, bănf), town (1991 pop. 5,688), SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., on the Bow River and the Trans-Canada Highway. A tourist center and winter resort established in the 1880s by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is the headquarters of Banff National Park and gateway to Lake Louise. The Banff Center for Continuing Education is a noted fine-arts center.

Banff, former county, Scotland

Banff, former county, Scotland: see Banffshire Banffshire or Banff, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Banffshire became (1975) part of the new Grampian region.
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Banff
1. a town in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire. Pop.: 3991 (2001)
2. a town in Canada, in SW Alberta, in the Rocky Mountains: surrounded by Banff National Park. Pop.: 7135 (2001)


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The pair forwarded the snap, clicked at the side of the stunning Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, to the website of America's National Geographic magazine.
'Star' squirrel pops into shot, crashes couple's holiday snap! by Asian News International
Our trip began in Banff after a surprisingly short (as the crow flies, Canada is not as far as you think) and comfortable BA flight to Calgary.
It's time to slope off to Canada .. In association with trans pennine ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Byline: Compiled by STEVE RACE 1 CANADA: Try a motor home round Banff National Park, in the heart of the Rockies, from pounds 1,079.
5 of the best places to go walking this autumn by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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