| Cave and Basin National Historic Site | |
|---|---|
| National Historic Site of Canada | |
| Province | Alberta |
| Municipality | Banff |
| Elevation | 1,405 m (4,610 ft) |
| Established | 1885 |
| Year built | 1916 (pool structure) |
The Cave and Basin National Historic Site of Canada is located in the town of Banff, Alberta within the Canadian Rocky Mountains, at the site of natural thermal mineral springs around which Canada's first national park, Banff National Park, was established.
Read more about Cave And Basin National Historic Site: Geology and Setting, History, Facilities, Environmental
Famous quotes containing the words cave and, cave, national, historic and/or site:
“While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped
Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“The Cave of Jeremiah is in this part. In its lamentable recesses he composed his lamentable Lamentations.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Just so before we’re international,
We’re national and act as nationals.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it!”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“It’s given new meaning to me of the scientific term black hole.”
—Don Logan, U.S. businessman, president and chief executive of Time Inc. His response when asked how much his company had spent in the last year to develop Pathfinder, Time Inc.’S site on the World Wide Web. Quoted in New York Times, p. D7 (November 13, 1995)