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Old Banff Cemetery

TIME : 2016/2/19 4:05:18

Banff’s shady cemetery is worth a visit, especially if you’re interested in the town’s history. Some of the gravestones date back to the 1890s; among the famous folk buried here are the pioneering trail guides Tom Wilson (who discovered Lake Louise), Jim Brewster (the founder of Brewster Transportation) and Bill Peyto; the artists Peter and Catharine Whyte; and the frontierswoman, naturalist and writer Mary Schäffer-Warren, whose house can be seen just across the street from the cemetery.