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Field
Field [1] is a cozy mountain village located in Yoho National Park within the Canadian Rockies in Canada.
The town served as a base for workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway in its early days, and now hosts a small community of population 200, in addition to hosting the Yoho Park administration building and a number of quaint gift shops, restaurants, and small accommodations.
Get in
Field is located a 2.5 hour drive west of Calgary along the Trans-Canada Highway through Banff National Park, passing Banff and Lake Louise along the way. Field can also be reached along the TCH from Vancouver to the west.
Get around
See
Spiral Tunnel - located about 10 minutes from the small town of field. Catch the Trans-Canada train spiraling through the mountain around 2PM.
Takakkaw Falls - the third tallest waterfall in Canada 45 minutes from Field.
Do
Buy
- The Velvet Antler Pottery Shop, +1 250 343-6456, info@velvetantlerpottery.com, [2]. Handmade Stoneware and Porcelain.
Eat
- Truffle Pigs Cafe, [3]
- Kicking Horse Lodge Restaurant [4]
- Cathedral Mountain Lodge
- Emerald Lake Lodge & Cilantro's
Drink
Have a drink in the sunshine on the patio at the Truffle Pigs Cafe or Kicking Horse Lodge.
Sleep
- Kicking Horse Lodge, 100 Centre, +1 250 343-6303, Toll-free: +1 800 659-4944, khlodge@telus.net, [5].
- Alpine Guesthouse, 313 2nd Ave., +1 250 343-6878, [6].
- The Bear's Den Guesthouse, +1 250 343-6439, [7].
- The Old Church Guesthouse, +1 250 343-6345, Fax: +1 250 343-6388, [8].
Get out
This page was last edited at 07:17, on 25 January 2009 by Wikitravel user Shaund. Based on work by Ann, Izzi Alias, Colin Jensen, Mort Cohen, Tom Holland and Bjorn Freeund, Wikitravel user(s) Jonboy and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.