Jasper Townsite
Jasper
A small town within the national park, where the historic stone-and-timber visitor centre, the Jasper Yellowhead Museum, restaurants, and the railway station are concentrated.
Jasper town is the service hub of Jasper National Park. Across Connaught Drive, the main street, is the Canadian Rail station, where The Canadian train stops on its journey across the Rockies. The stone-and-timber visitor centre, built in 1914, is a National Historic Site, where you can ask about road conditions and buy park passes. The Jasper Yellowhead Museum introduces the fur trade and Indigenous history (about C$10). In 2024, wildfires destroyed about one-third of the buildings in town. Reconstruction is ongoing, and most services have resumed.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Lac Beauvert & Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
- Old Fort Point
- Jasper Planetarium & Dark Sky Preserve
- Jasper SkyTram
- Patricia & Pyramid Lakes
- Marmot Basin
- Maligne Canyon
- Valley of the Five Lakes