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Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / September 2005Online Map from Vancouver to Banff
Dear I am planning to travel from Vancouver to Banff. Where can I find a decent online map for that? Currently I am using maps.google.com which is poor on Canada. Even several books of mine such as lonely-planet have not good map. Try the following URL: http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&1gi=0&un=m&1da=-1.0 00000&1rc=A5XAX&cl=EN&ct=NA&1si=gaz&rsres=1&1ahXX=&1y=US&1a=&1c=Vancouver&1s=BC& 1z=&2ahXX=&2y=US&2a=&2c=banff&2s=ab&2z= or go to http://www.mapquest.com and ask for route from Vancouver, BC to Banff, AB. > Dear > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Even several books of mine such as lonely-planet have not good map. Thank you very much Dennis. That's exactly what I wanted. This news group never fails. That map is the most direct route. Variations include: - At Hope, staying on Highway 1 up the Fraser Canyon (very scenic) - At Hope, taking highway 3 through manning park and then travelling north on Hwy 97 through the Okanagan (Lake Country) - From Vancouver, take Hwy 99 north through Whistler, connecting with the Trans Canada Hwy #1 in Cache Creek (Hugely Scenic) Let me know if you'd like details on any of these options. Cheers, Geoff Glave Vancouver, Canada > That map is the most direct route. Variations include: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Let me know if you'd like details on any of these options. The third option is very scenic, but parts of it are not for the faint hearted. I had heart about scary roads in BC,and thought that reports of them had been exaggerated, finding the major roads to be no problem at all. Then on my fourth or fifth trip out there I took a drive from Vernon up to Kamloops, across through Cache Creek and then down to Whister. Some of those stretches down 99 were a little scary, long, long descends on severe grades. I was a little concerned about the brakes on my little Nissan rental. But we managed, and the incredible scenery made it all worthwhile. >> That map is the most direct route. Variations include: >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Nissan rental. But we managed, and the incredible scenery made it all > worthwhile. We did the third option last year with a 28 feet RV and it is realy a incredible drive. The first part till Cache Creek is a litlle bit boring, but if there is a next opportunity we will do it again with much pleasure. Henk Netherlands. hg(remove)vandel@xs4all.nl |
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