Banff Springs Hotel

The Banff Springs Hotel is a magnificent old railway hotel in the Scottish Baronial style, located in the Banff National Park. It was built over a century ago by the Canadian Pacific Railway, at the instigation of its President, William Cornelius Van Horne.

The hotel has recently had an extensive renovation which, however, has not changed its original grandeur. A significant feature of the change has been the addition of a world class spa.

The hotel has a tremendous setting in the Rocky Mountains, just above the Bow Falls, close to thermal springs. It is a short trip into the Canadian resort community of Banff, Alberta.

The Banff Springs Hotel is one of the premier resort hotels of the world, built at a level of craftsmanship that has not been exceeded since. The original wooden hotel burnt down. It was rebilt larger and in it's current form. The golf course in the river valley is also noted worldwide.

Halfway up the internal staircase closest to the Bow Falls may be found a noted portrait of William Davidson felling trees on the Miramichi River in colonial times. Davidson was the first European settler in that area, and a native of Banffshire, Scotland.