I understand that Lake Louise is a very popular pl...

I understand that Lake Louise is a very popular place, I get that it is close to a fantastic landmark and this is the only camping in the area.
I have traveled the park before and learned that you have to reserve if you want to avoid the overflow lots. So this time around I did just that, even though I was traveling in mid September this time and not the hight of summer. I understand that the popularity will incur a cost so I was ok with the base cost of 33 dollars. This is high compared to other parks in the country. The booking then had an 11 dollar "reservation fee" a 4 dollar online booking fee, plus tax. So our site cost us 50 dollars for the night!! This was with power but the site didn't have a fire pit (Those sites have an extra charge of 8.50). I would have paid for the fire pit but the website showed only one space available. The last spot!! I had to get it so we wouldn't be out of luck upon arrival.

Once we got there we learned that the park is sandwiched between the railway and the highway. Bring earplugs. There is about 2 trains an hour plus highway noise.
We also learned that the showers were unavailable due to Covid so we didn't even get a hot shower with our 50 dollar campsite.

The walking trails are beautiful though, even when the mountains are shrouded in smoke.
The kicker for me was the amount of open spaces in the park! I think they reduced numbers due to covid 19 but our site was FAR from the "last spot" there were dozens of open spaces - some with fire pits too!

I would hate to see this park actually filled. The lots were doubled so it was essentially one driveway with two lot markers. Share with your neighbors and be sure you know how to park your rige because depending on who gets there first you can be left with a very tight space on "your side". Two trailers would need to be tight face to face in order to fill both sides of the area. Better have blinds! I wouldn't have been happy if our neighbors were that close. I guess that's a covid positive? Ugh.

The staff was friendly enough, though not very bright. Mind you we only had one experience at the front gate and didn't see a soul the rest of the time.

Overall I found it to be a money grab that forces your hand due to location. Not even on my list of the top 20 nicest campgrounds in Canada.