Bankhead

About 7 km (41/2 mi.) north-east of Banff Town site, on the narrow bending road to Lake Minnewanka, can be found the remains of the old coal-mining town of Bankhead, which enjoyed its heyday in the first half of this century. An instructive footpath - with boards displaying old photographs and explanatory notes - helps give an idea of what this ghost town was like.

Lower Bankhead is where the coal mine and plant were located and Upper Bankhead is the location of the former town.