Parks Canada Mulls Visitor Restrictions for Banff’s Most Popular Lakes

Visitors to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake in Alberta may soon be subject to limits and restrictions as Parks Canada wrestles with record visitor numbers placing pressure on Banff National Park staff and resources. A visitor-use management plan for the Lake Louise area is being developed to address the impact swelling tourist numbers are having on visitor experience and safety as well as on the site’s natural resources, Parks Canada said in a report. Visits to Canada’s first national park have increased 31 percent over the last decade, and the 2023–24 tourist season was the busiest in its history, the report said, adding that roughly 70 percent of visitors arrive between May and October....