So it seems that bears are extremely fond of leftovers in the garbage and will congregate around dumpsters as soon as they spot an opportunity to. I was impressed when Jae Yong told me that the town had installed bear proof dumpsters at every corner of the neighborhood for people to rid their trash in. With so many of these bear proof bins around, I hope to spot a bear soon (from a safe distance, that is).While I was navigating my directions with the help of the town map, I noticed that with the exception to Banff Ave., all of the other roads are named after animals. Apparently, the pioneers here were the Native Indians, mainly composed of the Crees, Kootenays and the Blackfoot tribes. They were here long before the Common Era. Then came the European explorers, adventurers and hunters in the 1700s. When the town was built in the late 1800s to realize the tourism potential that the land, the hotspring and the Canadian Pacific Railway have to offer, the choice for the road names depicted the dwellers’ appreciation for the wildlife.
*Note that 'Wolverine' here refers to an animal from the weasel family instead of Logan from the X-men...
Other than the above, we've also got Lynx St., Squirrel St., Elk St., Rabbit St., Cougar St., Fox St., Antelope St., Hawk Ave. and Eagle Cr..Today, the employee demographic of Banff's tourism industry are largely comprised of tourists who are riding on a holiday and work visa, earning wages at enterprises such as the ski resorts, hotels, snow gear rental stores, coffee shops and more.
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