The Beehive is a mountain located in Banff National Park

Banff National Park

Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...

 of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It was named by J. Willoughby Astley in 1890 because the mountain resembles a beehive

Beehive

A beehive is a structure in which bees live and raise their young.Beehive may also refer to:Buildings and locations:* Bee Hive, Alabama, a neighborhood in Alabama* Beehive , a wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings...

. The mountain is also known as the Big Beehive as there is a smaller beehive shaped mountain nearby called the Little Beehive.

The mountain is located above Lake Louise

Lake Louise (Alberta)

Lake Louise is a lake in Alberta, Canada. The glacial lake is located in Banff National Park, from the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway....

 and can be accessed via hiking trails either from Lake Louise or Lake Agnes

Lake Agnes (Alberta)

Lake Agnes is a small mountain lake in the Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada.It has a surface of 0.52 km² and is located approximately 3.5 km hiking distance from Lake Louise. A teahouse is situated along the eastern shore at an elevation of 2134 metres...

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