Luxury Hotels and Restaurants
in the National Parks of
Western Canada

Relais & Châteaux luxury hotels in Western Canada are located in some of the most beautiful scenic landscapes in the region. Your Route du Bonheur (road to happiness) in Western Canada includes world class skiing, hiking, climbing, and many other outdoor activities. To relax and unwind while away time at our luxury spas, indulge in beauty treatments, boutique shops and some of the finest gourmet cuisine prepared by our Grand Chefs. Your visit to Relais & Châteaux in Western Canada may include:

 Panoramic views and nearby Lake Louise from our Post Hotel & Spa
 Cosmopolitan Wedgewood Hotel and Spa in the heart of Vancouver City
 The Wickaninnish Inn on Vancouver Island with fabulous panoramic views and whale watching, mere minutes from the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Park
 Hiking, skiing and many other outdoor activities in Banff National park

The National Parks of Western Canada Landscape

Majestic, snow-capped peaks, endless skies and evergreen forests protecting delicate eco-systems characterize Canada’s national parks. Four in the Canadian Rockies, including Alberta and the southeastern corner of British Columbia, are among the most magnificent in the world. Banff, Canada’s oldest national park, is possibly its most dramatic with towering mountains, glaciers, high lakes and rushing rivers. Hiking, climbing, alpine and nordic skiing and even golfing are just some of the recreational diversity here.

Skimming much of Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast, the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve offers an abundance of life in the water and on land, along with the rich cultural heritage of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations and early European explorers. Its Long Beach Unit, minutes south of Tofino, is home to a number of windswept beaches including its namesake ten mile-long Long Beach, untouched forest, and the Kwisistus (formerly Wickaninnish) Interpretive Centre. Further south by Barkley Sound, the Broken Group Islands is a haven for experienced kayakers and boaters. The world-renowned 75 kilometre West Coast Trail skirts the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island, and was originally built as a rescue route for survivors of shipwrecks along this coast, known as The Graveyard of the Pacific.

A Taste of the National Parks of Western Canada

Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies is the largest, and the wildest, home to the famed Columbia Icefields. It is also where the headwaters of the Columbia and Saskatchewan Rivers originate. A townsite of the same name has cultural offerings - museums as well as deluxe shopping. Kootenay National Park in southeastern British Columbia is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site, home to Marble Canyon and the Radium Hot Springs mineral pool. Yoho National Park, just west of the British Columbia/Alberta border, is the smallest of the four parks and one of the prettiest with Emerald Lake and the lovely Takakkaw Falls.

For more information go to: www.pc.gc.ca, www.discoveralberta.com or www.canadianrockies.net.