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Main Menu > Banff National Park > Also Nearby Kootenay National Park This Excursion Comes From ... The National Geographic Traveler: Canada For more National Geographic travel guides—from Europe to Antarctica and everywhere in between—visit National Geographic Books >> To the west of the Continental divide off Hwy. 93, the 543-square-mile [1,406.4-square-kilometer] Kootenay National Park links the high mountains to the milder environment of the Rocky Mountain trench. More Recommendations for Banff National Park