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| Place | Anthracite |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 5-26-11-W5 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 51.1925 |
| Longitude | -115.493889 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | T1L |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IABUH |
Anthracite is a locality in 5-26-11-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Anthracite is located at 51.1925°N, 115.4939°W.
Anthracite rests in a deep, hushed fold of the landscape within the borders of Banff National Park of Canada, where the air holds the sharp, mineral clarity of the high country. It lies 5.8 km east-north-east of Banff, AB (from Banff, AB: bearing 74°T), and is situated 15.0 km north-west of Canmore. The Cascade River carves a path through the valley floor, its currents pulling cold energy down from the heights toward the shadows of the Fairholme Range. Nearer to the site, the surface of Johnson Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the sky, turning from a bruised violet at dusk to a slate grey under the weight of passing clouds. The terrain here feels restless, defined by the jagged reach of limestone and the way light clings to the rocky slopes long after the sun has retreated behind the peaks. The history of Anthracite is heavy with the dust of coal seams and the hard, percussive labor that once defined its existence. Industry dictated the pace of life, pulling workers into the dark earth to extract the fuel that powered the distant engines of a growing nation. While the machinery has long since fallen silent, the ground still remembers the tremor of the pickaxe and the steady pulse of men working in the dim subterranean air. Today, the landscape has reclaimed its stillness, leaving only the quiet echoes of a former economy near the cold spray of Bow Falls and the distant, frozen presence of Brewster Glacier. Anthracite remains a hollowed-out chapter of the past, standing solitary against the vast, indifferent endurance of the mountains.
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Explore Anthracite, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.1925, -115.493889. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Anthracite includes the postal code (T1L), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Location data for Anthracite is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |