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Digital Banff’s key to Banff, Alberta, Canada

defunct

Once were websites.

64 sites - updated December 26, 2004

The date in italics is when the site was last checked


A Mountain Hideaway

Server could not be found.

October 27 2003

Alberta: How the west was young

File not found..

October 27 2003

Alpine Routes

404 error.

October 27 2003

Banff Adventures Unlimited

Server could not be found

October 27 2003

Banff Beat - a guide to working in Banff

Page cannot be found

October 27 2003

Banff Information Mall

Server could not be found

October 27 2003

Banff Internet Services

Former ISP in Banff. Server can noit be found.

October 27 2003

Banff Labour Market Information

From Human Resources Development Canada. Includes a community profile, major industries (tourism, government, and education), and employment opportunities. Waiter or waitress: $5.50 plus tips.

January 6 2001

Banff Menus

Searchable listing of a few Banff restuarants.

June 1 2002

Banff National Park (Great Canadian Parks)

Park introduction and show transcript from this Discovery Channel TV programme.

January 6 2001

Banff Residency

A private citizens organization dedicated to preserving Canada's National Parks and wildlife areas for the benefit of future generations, determined to publicly identify and act for the immediate removal of individuals and business that unfairly claim to be an “eligible resident” of Banff National Park. (Registrant for the domain is Marshall Investiagtions, Moscow, Russia Contact: Williams, Charles)

March 16 2004

Banff Sex

Unable to locate server.

April 11 2000

Banff Skirunners

Local cross country ski club.

February 1 2004

Banff Springs Art Page

To the developer of this site, the Banff Springs Hotel is the Taj Mahal.

January 6 2001

Banff Station

Art print of train approaching Banff station. Weird slow-loading background that might freeze your browser. Sold out.

August 11 2000

Big Top Tent: Banff

Japanese-oriented tourism directory for Banff.

September 28 2003

Bigfoot sighting near McBride

June 10, 1976: witnesses described a large, black creature running across the road on two legs. This site is no longer found on the moneymaker server.

April 21 2001

Bivouac.com - Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia

Climbing guide, with route descriptions and trip reports. Bad Gateway.

February 1 2004

Bowling (Banff Springs)

Four lanes, five pins. Directory listing denied. But the pins still fall.

October 27 2003

Brewster Calgary Airport bus service

Rates and schedules.

April 9 2002

Canadian Rockies Climbing Guide - Geology

Basic introduction with photos; links to other climbing-oriented sites, including bibliography with links to publishers and distributors.

July 19 2001

Canadian Rockies Website

Classified ad listing was 3 years old when it disappeared.

August 10 1999

Canadian Rockies & Wildlife on CD-ROM

Preview of the CD-ROM and accompanying prints. Submit order, but not payment.

September 12 2003

CANfind.net: Banff

This slow and static site with many broken links has finally disappeared.

April 10 2000

Changing face of Banff Avenue

Banff Avenue linked to historical information.

August 10 1999

Columbus Web Designs

Web site developers with a broken link on their own server.

April 14 2000

Compassman Interactive Map of Banff

Shockwave map of the Banff townsite with business locations that can be accessed by a click. Includes information on entering businesses on the map (free for basic information).

September 28 2003

Dummy Banff

Gone.

April 10 2000

El Toro

Greek restaurant. No DNS entry.

February 18 1999

Encarta Virtual Globe: Banff

Yet another source of links, fatally incomplete -- and then they were gone.

August 11 1999

Eric Harold Raeside’s Banff pages

Once a picturesque evocation of Banff National Park.

January 6 2001

Excite Travel-Banff

Introduction to “the largest and busiest urban focus of any national park anywhere in the world... What’s rather odd, given all the people, however, is that there's next to nothing to do or see.”

August 13 2001

Excite weather: Banff

Concise display of current conditions and 3-day forecast.

August 13 2001

Great Divide Group

Tour operators and vacation planners. Not found 1/20/2001

August 11 2000

Hard Rock Cafe Banff

Down the road.

April 10 2000

How the Rockies Were Made

File not found.

April 11 1999

In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies

Unable to locate server.

April 10 2000

Into the Wild

Creative eco-adventures for young adults.

March 2 2002

Jacques Cartier Clothier

Sweaters and accessories.

March 2 2002

Jamie Ruggles nature photography

Quality stock photography, specializing in nature and wildlife.

December 26 2004

Jasper Banff Relay Race

The 21st race was probably the last.

August 11 2000

Lifeskill Risk & Rescue

Lifeskill has ceased all operations, and is filing a statement of claim against the Alberta College of Paramedics. (January 29, 2002)

January 18 2003

Mandala Visions

Site of local visual artist Roxanne Kirby.

September 12 2003

McBride community cemetery

Memorials for people buried in McBride (only two families listed). Currently inaccessible.

January 26 2001

Mountain Country Bed & Breakfast

Not found.

December 16 1999

Mountain Esthetics

Professional skin care for men and women. Fees listed.

April 7 1999

Mountain Heritage Magazine

Former publication about the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

March 14 2002

Rude Boys

Banff’s original snowboard shop.

November 14 2003

See Alberta - Banff National Park Information

General description of Banff National Park and popular visitor sites.

October 9 2000

Skylink Banff

Airport shuttle services. Rates, reservations, schedules. Access forbidden by the Apache server, 8/13/2001

January 24 2001

Sustainable Calgary

Group that promotes community-level actions that move Calgary towards a sustainable future. Shockwave only (is that sustainable?)

June 1 2002

The Bistro

Menu with prices, online form to request reservations. [404]

December 14 2004

The Wolfman

The pictures were a tad naughty.

April 12 1999

Titan Projects: Visiting Banff

Tourism booster site (“excellent shopping, fantastic golf”) with some pleasant pics.

August 15 2003

Travel 2000

Mercifully, Netscape is unable to locate the server. For years consisted of a single link, to the dreaded Virtual Tourist page.

January 5 1999

Travel/Tourism: Banff Town

Focuses on Calgary. No outside links. Numerous inaccuracies of detail about Banff.

June 6 1999

Travelfile - Banff National Park

Rudimentary description of Banff, activites, and facilities.

October 9 2000

Very Canada

A local gallery of collectibles. Not found.

March 16 2002

web specialist

The mother of Banff websites. Where the locals go, day after day.

August 16 2003

Webventures Banff

At one time provided personalized postcards from Banff.

January 25 2004

Wild Life

Online version of the monthly entertainment rag. Seems to be defunct.

April 21 2001

Wolf Creek Mercantile

HTTP Error 404.

April 7 1999

Worldwide Restaurant Guide: Banff

404 Not found.

April 6 1999

Year of the Great Bear

A heritage tourism stewardship and learning partnership aimed at protecting intact national park ecosystems through education and environmental stewardship.

August 15 2003


 
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