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...that Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park and the second oldest in North America, after Yellowstone National Park? It was established in 1885 under the name Rocky Mountains Park, around the Cave and Basin hot springs, then expanded two years later. It is one of the world's most popular national parks, with 3,927,557 visitors in the 2004/05 season.

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