T Banff Springs Hotel former railway hotel constructed Scottish Baronial style, located Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. T hotel, designed y architect Bruce Price, built between spring 1887 1888 y Canadian Pacific Railway, instigation President, William Cornelius V Horne. T hotel publicly opened J 1, 1888 rebuilt 1920s after .

Under stewardship current owner, Fairmont Hotels Resorts, hotel recently extensive renovation which, however, changed original grandeur. A significant feature change addition world class p. A original construction flaw, siting entrance lobby river side, corrected renovation. (T architect declared "y built y hotel backwards!")

T hotel within spectacular setting Rocky Mountains, j above B Falls, close thermal springs. I within walking distance resort community Banff. T hotel across valley towards Mount Rundle, frequently cited geology books exposed tilted ancient seabeds.

T original wooden hotel burnt 1926, rebuilt larger current 1928. I 1968, hotel winterized p y-round since. S compared p operating schedule fictional Overlook Hotel Stephen King's T Shining that, Overlook Hotel, quite large grand, located remote wilderness prone impressive snowfall every winter, y p spring through autumn months.

T Banff Springs Hotel premier resort hotels world. T g course river valley noted worldwide.

Halfway p internal staircase closest B Falls y found noted painting William Davidson felling trees Miramichi River colonial times. Davidson first European settler area, g p Moray, close Banff, Scotland.