After our first week spent in Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper, we settled into a condo in Canmore (via homeaway.com) for week two. Canmore is a treasure of a town. Our location was perfect, including a fabulous wine shop just a few steps from our elevator and an easy walk to shopping, restaurants and pubs in the downtown area and a panoramic view of the Three Sisters Mountains.
“Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately 81 kilometres (50 mi) west of the City of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta’s Rockies. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 to the north and east. With a population of 12,288 in 2011, Canmore is the ninth-largest town in Alberta.” source Wikipedia
Situated along the Bow River and surrounded by the Three Sisters Mountain range, you are always surrounded by beauty. Canmore has a clean, fresh look to it with stylish architecture and flowers at every turn. We found the dining options to be fantastic – a foodie lovers dream (my first meal with a Confit Duck Poutine, OMG right?)
“Canmore’s economic future seemed dismal until the announcement in the early 1980s that Calgary would be hosting the 1988 Winter Olympics, and that Canmore would play host to the Nordic events. This resulted in an increase in tourism, and Canmore began to develop into the recreational tourist destination it is today.” source Wikipedia
Canmore’s scenery has also drawn the movie industry, a fact we learned while staying there. The following movies (several of our favorites) were filmed in Canmore:
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
Naked Flame (1964)
Brother of the Wind (1973)
Death Hunt (1981)
High Country, The (1981)
Kelly (1981)
Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982)
Stone Fox (1987)
Nightbreed (1990)
Bekhudi (1992)
Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Edge, The (1997)
Wild America (1997)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
HeartBeat: Changing Places (1998)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
John Q (2002)
Snow Dogs (2002)
RV (2006)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
Canmore: 72 Hours in a State of Emergency (2013 Documentary)
Interstellar (2014)
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This post brings to a close my Travels in Canada series, I hope you’ve enjoyed it. God willing, Spence and I return to this stunningly beautiful part of the world.
I’m kinda sad to see the Canada series come to a close! lol I have enjoyed seeing the many many gorgeous pictures and seeing a yours and Spence’s smiles all through the trip! I hope you both get to go back so I can continue to see the beautiful places you have traveled.. Thank you so much for sharing!! (:
Thank you for your kind comment! Doing this series has made me long to return to these amazingly beautiful places.
Great trip! Enjoyed seeing all the photos and some travel ideas! Cheers!