Canmore

Canmore (51°05′N 115°20′W Elevation: 1350m / 4455') is a town in Alberta, Canada, with a permanent population of 11,442 (2005 municipal census). The non-permanent population is about 3,790 (combined population of 15,232). It is located just east of the world-famous Banff National Park, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Calgary and immediately north of Kananaskis Country. The town lies in the Bow Valley, named so for Bow River. Its mountain setting is noted for The Three Sisters.

The Canmore Nordic Centre provides world-class trails for use by mountain bikers, hikers and cross-country skiers. The Nordic Centre, host to the 1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country and biathlon events, and those world-class competition venues for biathlon and cross-country skiing were maintained and then modernized in 2005–2006. It also hosts national training centres for Canada's biathlon and cross-country ski teams.

Canmore is among the largest towns in Alberta and is actually larger than a number of cities in the province. Concerns over its urban growth in the midst of protected national and provincial park land has led the town's leaders to place a limit on future development; the town is expected to reach its maximum "build out" following the completion of the SilverTip and Three Sisters Mountain Village developments sometime around 2015–2020.