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Kamloops to Banff Road Quiz

Thirteen videos for the course CARE + POWER = GIVING, each recorded at a different stop on the road from Kamloops to Banff, with detours into Yoho, up the Icefields Parkway and into Kananaskis.

How to play

  1. Read the question and choose your answer: A, B, C or D.
  2. Select “Check my answer” to see if you were right. The answer opens below with a short note about the place.
  3. Your score is kept as you go. See it at the end, under Your score, and start again any time.

Want a hint for Round 1? Watch the thirteen videos on YouTube first.

Round 1: Where was each video recorded?

Question 1 of 21: Day 1 · C is for Consciousness

Sasha smiling in a yellow and navy jacket in a grassy park with bright red autumn maples, a picnic table, a paved path and a small wooden heritage building with a sign behind him.
Photo from the Day 1 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Three Valley Gap
  • B. Sicamous waterfront
  • C. Rogers Pass summit
  • D. The Last Spike, Craigellachie
Show the answer to question 1

D. The Last Spike, Craigellachie. Day 1 began at the Last Spike at Craigellachie, on Highway 1 west of Revelstoke, where the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885. Class 1 asks: who gives?

Question 2 of 21: Day 2 · A is for Anchor

Sasha in a yellow and navy jacket beside green water, with a steep forested mountainside and low mist behind him.
Photo from the Day 2 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Beside Highway 1
  • B. Barrier Lake
  • C. Bow Lake
  • D. Lake Louise lakeshore
Show the answer to question 2

A. Beside Highway 1. Day 2 was a roadside stop on Highway 1, the Trans-Canada, on the way from the Last Spike to Yoho. Class 2 asks: why give, and what heals?

Question 3 of 21: Day 3 · R is for Roots

Sasha smiling beside a clear turquoise lake, with evergreen forest, yellow autumn trees and rocky peaks reflected in the water.
Photo from the Day 3 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Emerald Lake
  • B. Lake Louise
  • C. Moraine Lake
  • D. Barrier Lake
Show the answer to question 3

A. Emerald Lake. Day 3 was at Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, a short detour north of Highway 1 near Field. Class 3 asks: where does giving come from?

Question 4 of 21: Day 4 · E is for Enact

A river rushing through a narrow channel in smooth, layered grey rock, with visitors on a footbridge and a viewing deck among tall evergreens.
Photo from the Day 4 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Bow Falls
  • B. Spiral Tunnels viewpoint
  • C. Natural Bridge
  • D. Johnston Canyon
Show the answer to question 4

C. Natural Bridge. Day 4 was at the Natural Bridge in Yoho, where the Kicking Horse River has cut through the rock, on the road to Emerald Lake. Class 4 asks: what makes a gift an A+?

Question 5 of 21: Day 5 · POWER in Spaces

Sasha smiling on a wooden viewing deck high above a bright blue glacial lake, with grey limestone mountains under a cloudy sky.
Photo from the Day 5 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Moraine Lake
  • B. Emerald Lake
  • C. Bow Lake
  • D. Peyto Lake
Show the answer to question 5

D. Peyto Lake. Day 5 was at Peyto Lake, seen from Bow Summit on the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). Class 5 asks: who can get into the room where giving happens?

Question 6 of 21: Day 6 · POWER in Traces

Sasha smiling at the shore of a calm grey-green lake, with a tall rock cliff and snow-streaked mountains behind him.
Photo from the Day 6 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Herbert Lake
  • B. Peyto Lake
  • C. Bow Lake
  • D. Lake Minnewanka
Show the answer to question 6

C. Bow Lake. Day 6 was at Bow Lake on the Icefields Parkway. Class 6 asks: who holds the power in what we make and share?

Question 7 of 21: Day 7 · G is for Ground

Snow-dusted rocky peaks and a glacier above long grey scree slopes, with a glimpse of turquoise lake behind a line of evergreens.
Photo from the Day 7 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Natural Bridge
  • B. Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
  • C. Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint
  • D. Rogers Pass summit
Show the answer to question 7

C. Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint. Day 7 was at Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint on the Icefields Parkway, a short way south of Bow Lake, on Thanksgiving weekend. Class 7 asks: why here, and why now?

Question 8 of 21: Day 8 · I is for Invest

A dirt footpath through a stand of tall, thin pine trunks, leading to a lakeshore glimpsed between the trees.
Photo from the Day 8 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Herbert Lake
  • B. Vermilion Lakes
  • C. Bow Lake
  • D. Two Jack Lake
Show the answer to question 8

A. Herbert Lake. Day 8 was at Herbert Lake, close to where the Icefields Parkway leaves Highway 1 near Lake Louise. Class 8 asks: what will we never do?

Question 9 of 21: Day 9 · V is for Voice

A calm lake with rocks in the shallows, dark forest along the far shore and a row of snowy peaks under a cloudy sky.
Photo from the Day 9 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Peyto Lake
  • B. Herbert Lake
  • C. Lake Minnewanka
  • D. Emerald Lake
Show the answer to question 9

B. Herbert Lake. Day 9 was at Herbert Lake again, the only place on the route with two videos. Class 9 asks: how does a gift become a change?

Question 10 of 21: Day 10 · I is for Include

Sasha in a yellow and navy jacket in a wooded clearing beside an interpretive sign with historical photos, with a log building and tall aspens nearby.
Photo from the Day 10 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Field, Yoho
  • B. Cave and Basin, Banff
  • C. Camp 130, Kananaskis
  • D. Craigellachie
Show the answer to question 10

C. Camp 130, Kananaskis. Day 10 was at Camp 130 and The Colonel's Cabin in Kananaskis, a site that remembers Second World War internment. Class 10 asks: whose story, and who is in the room?

Question 11 of 21: Day 11 · N is for Nurture

Sasha smiling at a stony lakeshore with milky green water and grey mountains, some topped with snow, under an overcast sky.
Photo from the Day 11 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Bow Lake
  • B. Barrier Lake
  • C. Lake Minnewanka
  • D. Herbert Lake
Show the answer to question 11

B. Barrier Lake. Day 11 was at Barrier Lake in Kananaskis, reached from Highway 1 by Highway 40. Class 11 asks: who will keep it going?

Question 12 of 21: Day 12 · G is for Grow

A large castle-like hotel with turrets and rows of lit windows glowing at night, below a dark mountain and a deep blue sky.
Photo from the Day 12 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Bow Falls
  • B. Banff Avenue
  • C. Surprise Corner, Banff
  • D. Tunnel Mountain
Show the answer to question 12

C. Surprise Corner, Banff. Day 12 was at Surprise Corner in Banff, the lookout across to the Banff Springs Hotel, lit at night. Class 12 asks: what grew, who gave, and what will you give next?

Question 13 of 21: Day 13 · CARE + POWER = GIVING

A modern glass and steel building with wide stairs and a curved driveway, with autumn trees and snowy mountains behind it.
Photo from the Day 13 stop

Where was this video recorded?

  • A. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • B. Whyte Museum, Banff
  • C. Banff Springs Hotel
  • D. Cave and Basin, Banff
Show the answer to question 13

A. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Day 13 ended at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The Conclusion asks: what is your equation?

Round 2: How well do you know the road?

Question 14 of 21

Which highway carried most of the journey from Kamloops to Banff?

  • A. Highway 97
  • B. Highway 3, the Crowsnest
  • C. Highway 5, the Yellowhead
  • D. Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway
Show the answer to question 14

D. Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway. Highway 1 runs from Kamloops through Revelstoke, Golden, Yoho and Lake Louise to Banff.

Question 15 of 21

The Last Spike at Craigellachie marks the completion of which railway?

  • A. The Kettle Valley Railway
  • B. The Canadian Northern Railway
  • C. The Grand Trunk Pacific
  • D. The Canadian Pacific Railway
Show the answer to question 15

D. The Canadian Pacific Railway. The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven at Craigellachie in 1885. Thousands of workers, many of them Chinese labourers, built the line.

Question 16 of 21

Which mountain pass does Highway 1 cross between Revelstoke and Golden?

  • A. Rogers Pass
  • B. Kicking Horse Pass
  • C. Crowsnest Pass
  • D. Yellowhead Pass
Show the answer to question 16

A. Rogers Pass. Rogers Pass crosses the Selkirk Mountains in Glacier National Park.

Question 17 of 21

Emerald Lake and the Natural Bridge are in which national park?

  • A. Yoho National Park
  • B. Banff National Park
  • C. Kootenay National Park
  • D. Jasper National Park
Show the answer to question 17

A. Yoho National Park. Both are short detours off Highway 1 near Field, BC.

Question 18 of 21

Which highway was the detour north to Peyto Lake, Bow Lake and Herbert Lake?

  • A. Highway 40, the Kananaskis Trail
  • B. Highway 11, the David Thompson Highway
  • C. Highway 1A, the Bow Valley Parkway
  • D. Highway 93, the Icefields Parkway
Show the answer to question 18

D. Highway 93, the Icefields Parkway. The Icefields Parkway leaves Highway 1 near Lake Louise and runs north toward Jasper.

Question 19 of 21

Which highway leads from Highway 1 into Kananaskis, to Barrier Lake?

  • A. Highway 1A
  • B. Highway 22
  • C. Highway 40
  • D. Highway 93
Show the answer to question 19

C. Highway 40. Highway 40, the Kananaskis Trail, runs south from Highway 1 into Kananaskis Country.

Question 20 of 21

At which pass does Highway 1 cross from British Columbia into Alberta?

  • A. Eagle Pass
  • B. Kicking Horse Pass
  • C. Rogers Pass
  • D. Vermilion Pass
Show the answer to question 20

B. Kicking Horse Pass. Kicking Horse Pass, between Field and Lake Louise, sits on the Continental Divide and the BC and Alberta border.

Question 21 of 21

Which lake on the route appears in two of the thirteen videos?

  • A. Bow Lake
  • B. Peyto Lake
  • C. Herbert Lake
  • D. Barrier Lake
Show the answer to question 21

C. Herbert Lake. Herbert Lake was the setting for Day 8 and Day 9.

Your score

  • 18 to 21: You could drive it with your eyes closed (please do not).
  • 12 to 17: A seasoned traveller.
  • 0 to 11: Time for a road trip.
Show the whole route, stop by stop
  1. Day 1: The Last Spike, Craigellachie
  2. Day 2: Beside Highway 1
  3. Day 3: Emerald Lake
  4. Day 4: Natural Bridge
  5. Day 5: Peyto Lake
  6. Day 6: Bow Lake
  7. Day 7: Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint
  8. Day 8: Herbert Lake
  9. Day 9: Herbert Lake
  10. Day 10: Camp 130, Kananaskis
  11. Day 11: Barrier Lake
  12. Day 12: Surprise Corner, Banff
  13. Day 13: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

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Photos and videos by Dr. Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov, TRUnity Ambassador 2026, from the course CARE + POWER = GIVING: Social Philanthropy for Social Change.

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