Vermilion Lakes
The Vermilion Lakes are a series of lakes located immediately west of Banff, Alberta, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The three lakes are formed in the Bow River valley, in the Banff National Park, at the foot of Mount Norquay.Photo: Fairsing, Public domain.
Photo: Satoru Kikuchi, CC BY 2.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave and Basin National Historic Site and Banff Railway Station.
Cave and Basin National Historic Site
Photo: Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave and Basin National Historic Site of Canada is located in the town of Banff, Alberta, within the Canadian Rocky Mountains, at the site of natural thermal mineral springs around which Canada's first national park, Banff National Park, was established.
Banff Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Diannaa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Banff station is a railway station in Banff, Alberta, Canada. It was previously used by Royal Canadian Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer, Canadian Pacific Railway and Via Rail.
St George-in-the-Pines
Church
St George-in-the-Pines is an Anglican church in Banff, Alberta, called "one of Banff's oldest places of worship". The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by English architect FP Oakley and the cornerstone was laid by Governor General the Lord Stanley of Preston in 1889. St George-in-the-Pines is situated 2½ km southeast of Vermilion Lakes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banff and Anthracite.
Banff
Photo: Audree, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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 8 km east of Vermilion Lakes.
Vermilion Lakes
- Type: Lake
- Description: group of lakes in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Canada
- Categories: group of lakes and body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“Vermilion Lakes” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ভারমিলিয়ন হ্রদ”
- Cebuano: “Vermilion Lakes”
- Chinese: “朱砂湖”
- French: “lacs Vermilion”
- French: “Lacs Vermilion”
- Greek: “Λίμνες Βερμίλιον”
- Hebrew: “אגמי ורמיליון”
- Russian: “Вермилион (озёра)”
- Russian: “Вермилион”
- Spanish: “Vermilion Lakes”
- Swedish: “Vermilion Lakes”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mount Norquay and Whiskey Creek.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wayne Museum of the Canadian Rockies and Banff Park Museum National Historic Site of Canada.
Alberta: Must-Visit Destinations
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