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The Calgary Tower was built between February 1967 and June 1968.

The Calgary Flames ice hockey team plays its home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome (formerly called the Olympic Saddledome) in downtown Calgary, Alberta.

Calgary International Airport has two Marriott chain hotels located directly on airport. The Calgary Airport Marriott In-Terminal Hotel is inside the International Terminal, and the older Delta Hotels Calgary Airport, which has cheaper rates, is located across the street and connected by a covered pedestrian bridge to the terminals.

The highest point in Calgary is the peak of Top Hill with an elevation of 1,296 metres (or 4,252 feet). Despite its high elevation, the hill, located behind the YMCA at Rocky Ridge in northwest Calgary, only has a prominence of some 24 meters (or 79 feet).

Two local newspapers cover Canmore, Alberta: the Rocky Mountain Outlook is published every Thursday and the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon is published every Wednesday.

The name Canmore is said to be an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ceann Mór, which broadly translates to great head or hill. Credit for naming the town of Canmore, Alberta in 1884 is given to Donald A. Smith of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who later became Lord Strathcona. A 9th century king in his native Scotland, King Malcolm III, was nicknamed Malcolm Canmore, and it is thought that it is he who inspired the name for the railway siding that grew to become the town of Canmore.

Currently, hikers up Sulphur Mountain who reach the top no longer have access to the Banff Gondola terminal and are not able to take a free one-way ride down. Those wishing to ride the Gondola up and hike down must purchase a round-trip ticket.

The Spruce Grove Inn in Banff is now called the Canalta Lodge. It was acquired by Canalta Hotels in September 2016 and relaunched under the new brand in late 2017 following renovations.

There is no defined walking trail that goes right around Lake Louise. The Lakeshore Trail is an easy there-and-back 4 kilometer (or 2.4 mile) paved trail that starts at the public parking lot near Chateau Lake Louise and follows the Lake Louise’s north shore (the right hand side) to the back of the lake. From there, there are spectacular views back across the water towards Chateau Lake Louise. The total round trip should take around 2 hours and early morning is the best time to find a parking spot and avoid the crowds.