When the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge golf course ( below ) debuted in 1925 three years before Banff , it served as a milestone in Canada .
Banff proved a golf course could be constructed in the rugged environment of the Canadian Rockies .
When the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge golf course ( below ) debuted in 1925 three years before Banff , it served as a milestone in Canada because it proved a golf course could be constructed in the rugged environment of the Canadian Rockies .