UK travel companies denounce CP Fairmont Hotels’ plans for Lake Louise

September 26, 2001
Source: Environmental Investigation Agency
Original story - link verified on September 3, 2002

The travel companies, all of whom send clients to Banff, a United Nations World Heritage Site, are calling for Parks Canada to refuse building permits for the proposal. The companies are concerned about the threat to wildlife, with bear biologists calling the proposal "another nail in the coffin for Banff's grizzlies", and aquatic biologists - including Parks Canada's own expert - fearing pollution of the Bow River. Furthermore, Fairmont's plans to close trails that Canadians and tourists have used for generations, if and when harm to wildlife occurs, would damage the visitor experience for everyone.

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