Saskatchewan River Crossing is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

in western

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada. It is located within

Banff National Park Banff National Park is Canada, Canada's first National Parks of Canada, national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rockies, Alberta's Rocky Mountains, west of Calgary, Banff encompasses of mountainous ter ...

at the junction of Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway). It is administered by

Improvement District No. 9 Improvement District No. 9 (Banff), or Improvement District No. 9, is an improvement district in Alberta, Canada. Coextensive with Banff National Park in Alberta's Rockies, the improvement district is the municipality that provides local govern ...

. It was named "The Crossing", when travellers and fur traders used this spot to cross the

North Saskatchewan River The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows event ...

on their way to

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

in the 19th century.

Geography

It lies as the confluence of the North Saskatchewan River with Howse River and

Mistaya River The Mistaya River is a short river in western Alberta, Canada. It flows through the Canadian Rockies, and a section of the Icefields Parkway was built along its course. Mistaya River originates in Peyto Lake, a glacial lake of typical blue colour ...

in the

Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies () or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, w ...

and is the starting point for tours on the

Columbia Icefield The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in North America's Rocky Mountains. Located within the Canadian Rocky Mountains astride the Continental Divide along the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, the ice field lies partly ...

and other scenic

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trails. Mount Wilson, immediately to the north, towers above Saskatchewan Crossing whereas Mount Murchison is prominent to the southeast, and Mount Erasmus to the west.

Services

It is the only place offering basic services between Lake Louise and

Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...

, including gasoline, restaurant, and lodging. However, these services are seasonal, and closed during the winter. Gasoline prices have been observed as being 50% more expensive than elsewhere.Frommer's
- Mountain Adventure in Alberta

References

Banff National Park Localities in Improvement District No. 9 Populated places on the North Saskatchewan River {{AlbertaRockies-geo-stub

Geography

Services

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