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.Photo: Radtek67, Public domain.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: ghost town in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Bankhead, Alberta” and “Site of Bankhead Town”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Banff Airport and Cascade Mountain.
Banff Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. Banff Airport is situated 3 km southwest of Bankhead.
Cascade Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 2½ km west 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 4½ km southeast of Bankhead.
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.
Bankhead
- Categories: ghost town, locality, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.23083° or 51° 13′ 51″ northLongitude
-115.52367° or 115° 31′ 25″ westOpen location code
95366FJG+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 6828009961OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q806792
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Two Jack Main Campground and Banff Training Area.
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