Natural feature
Three Sisters
Trio of jagged limestone peaks above a valley town, named for a storm of snow-capped nuns.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Three Sisters peaks above Canmore, Alberta, follows the modern fight that shares their name: a mountain-village developer, a town council that voted no, and a lawsuit that named the councillors as individuals rather than just the town. It reaches back to a nineteen ninety-two provincial approval and a packed public hearing, and touches the peaks' own naming, from a snowstorm's three nuns to the sisters people argue over today. Look up from the valley floor and you are standing inside a dispute, not just a view.
This audio guide was created using AI.