BANFF NATIONAL PARK - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 116

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise is a tourist attraction in itself. Built by the CPR to
take the pressure off the popular Banff Springs Resort, the château has seen many changes
in the last 100 years, yet it remains one of the world's great mountain resorts. No one
minds the hordes of camera-toting tourists who traipse through each day—and there's
really no way to avoid them. The immaculately manicured gardens between the château
and the lake make an interesting foreground for the millions of Lake Louise photographs
taken each year. At the lakeshore boathouse, canoes are rented for $40 per hour.
The snow-covered peak at the back of the lake is Mount Victoria (3,459 meters/11,350
feet), which sits on the Continental Divide. Amazingly, its base is more than 10 kilometers
(6.2 miles) from the eastern end of the lake. Mount Victoria, first climbed in 1897, remains
one of the park's most popular peaks for mountaineers. Although the difficult northeast
face (facing the château) was first successfully ascended in 1922, the most popular and
easiest route to the summit is along the southeast ridge, approached from Abbot Pass.
playing pond hockey in front of the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise