BANFF NATIONAL PARK - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 108

FM 101.1 or go to www.friendsofbanff.com to listen to Park Radio, which features daily
updates and Banff-related programming.
Tourism Information
In the Banff Visitor Centre, across the floor from Parks Canada, is a desk for the Banff/
Lake Louise Tourism Bureau. This organization represents businesses and commercial
establishments in the park. Here you can find out about accommodations and restaurants,
and have any other questions answered. To answer the most frequently asked question, the
restrooms are downstairs. For general tourism information, contact the Banff/Lake Louise
Tourism Bureau office (403/762-8421, www.banfflakelouise.com ) .
Newspapers
Look for the free Crag and Canyon each Wednesday. It's been keeping residents and visit-
ors informed about park issues and town gossip for more than a century. The Rocky Moun-
tain Outlook is another free weekly newspaper (Thursday) that offers coverage of moun-
tain life and upcoming events. Both are available on stands at businesses throughout town.
BOOKS AND MAPS
The Canadian Rockies are one of the most written about, and definitely the most photo-
graphed, regions in Canada. As a walk along Banff Avenue will confirm, there is definitely
no lack of postcards, calendars, and coffee-table topics about the area.
Ted (E. J.) Hart, a former director of the Whyte Museum, has authored over a dozen
topics on the history of the park. Summerthought Publishing
( www.summerthought.com ) is a local company that has been publishing the authoritative
Canadian Rockies Trail Guide since 1971.
Look for Gem Trek ( www.gemtrek.com ) maps at bookstores and gift shops throughout
Banff National Park.
Bookstores
Opposite Central Park and just off Banff Avenue, Mooseprint topics and Gifts (208 Buf-
falo St., 403/762-3355, 10am-6pm Mon.-Fri., 10am-8pm Sat.-Sun.) is the town's lone in-
dependent bookstore. With a welcoming ambience, it stocks just about every book in print
about the park, as well as Canadian bestsellers, maps, and gifts such as photographic prints
and custom-made jigsaw puzzles.