Banff National Park was established with its current boundaries in 1930. It took its name from the CPR station established in 1883 four kilometres east of its current location of Banff station. Prior to 1930 the park had been known more generically as Rocky Mountains Park. By 1886 the government townsite was established and the CPR moved the station to the townsite. The name “Banff” stayed, and the post office previously known as “Mountain Park” changed its name to “Banff.”