Bankhead
Bankhead, Alberta was a small coal mining town that existed in the early twentieth century, in Banff National Park, near the town of Banff, Alberta. The mine was located at Cascade Mountain, which contains high grade anthracite coal deposits.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Bankhead, Alberta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Banff Airport and Tunnel Mountain.
Banff Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banff Airport is a registered aerodrome located 1.7 nautical miles northeast of Banff, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Parks Canada, as it is located within Banff National Park.
Tunnel Mountain
Peak
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Tunnel Mountain, also known as Sleeping Buffalo, is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada at the junction of the Spray River with the Bow and overlooking the Hot Springs on Sulphur Mountain. Tunnel Mountain is situated 3 km southwest of Bankhead.
Cascade Mountain
Peak
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Cascade Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park, adjacent to the town of Banff. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector after the waterfall or cascade on the southern flanks of the peak. Cascade Mountain is situated 3½ km northwest of Bankhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anthracite and Banff.
Anthracite
Locality
Anthracite is a ghost town located within Banff National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. It is named after the anthracite variety of coal. Anthracite is situated 3 km east of Bankhead.
Banff
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The town of Banff in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, is the larger of the two populated areas in Banff National Park, about an hour and a half drive west of Calgary and four hours south of Jasper.
Bankhead
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Bankhead” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bankhead”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بانكهيد”
- German: “Bankhead”
- Uzbek: “Bankhead, Alberta”
- Uzbek: “Bankhead”
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