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🏚️ Bankhead
Abandoned coal mining town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 22:50
📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta
  • Operational period: 1904–1922 (18 years)
  • Peak population: approximately 1,000 residents
  • Primary cause of closure: labour strikes and mine economically unviable

Bankhead is an abandoned coal mining town in Banff National Park, Alberta, that operated for 18 years in ...

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