The first national park of Canada. The national park with its humble beginning starting as a 26 square km hot spring to now the sprawling 6,641 square kilometres it covers. The park was inculcated as a UNESCO world heritage site as part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks in the year 1984. The park is located in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, to the west of Calgary. The national park borders British Columbia to its east where Yoho and Kootenay National park are adjacent to Banff National Park. On the western side, the park shares borders with Jasper National Park which is also situated in Alberta.

Canada is home to a plethora of lakes, especially the five great lakes of North America which are Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie. Some of the lakes are shared between the USA and Canada. The west of Canada is the place to be if you want to explore the waters of all these lakes. The serenity and calmness that lakes offer are unsurpassed, the lakeside offers spectacular views in Canada. Canada is estimated to have over 30000 lakes. Most of them allow you to explore their waters through paddling, swimming, canoeing, and during winters you can also ski on some of the frozen lake