Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

The best way to travel through time in Banff is by visiting the heritage cabins from the late 1800s and early 1900s at the Whyte Museum. Of the six wooden homes on the property, a few were built and owned by trappers and wardens arriving in Banff at a time when there were no roads or infrastructure, just vast woods punctured by rocky mountains. One cabin belonged to “Wild” Bill Peyto, a trapper turned soldier turned guide, who became one of Banf…