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Mega resort proposed for Canadian Rockies

Paul Lessard and neighbour Kay Anderson are concerned about the effect of Three Sisters Mountain Village development plan in Canmore on wildlife in the area. (Calgary Herald)
Paul Lessard and neighbour Kay Anderson are concerned about the effect of Three Sisters Mountain Village development plan in Canmore on wildlife in the area. (Calgary Herald)

MOUNTAINS -- A resort developement proposed along the edge of Canmore, Alberta, would be the largest in the history of the Canadian Rockers, according to a story in the Calgary Herald.

It’s the anchor of a proposal by PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. to develop the community with a total of 2,549 residential units, 1,000 resort accommodation units and two hotels with 250 rooms each, as well as other businesses, on 1,110 acres — about 80 per cent of the remaining developable land in the mountain town.

The proposal could add 10,000 people to Canmore’s population.

Kaninaskis Country -- gateway to Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park and Banff National Park and home to dozens of smaller parks -- could be getting crowded.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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