Marble Canyon (Canadian Rockies)
Encyclopedia
Marble Canyon is a canyon
surrounding Tokumm Creek just above its confluence with the Vermilion River
, at the north end of Kootenay National Park
in the Canadian Rockies
of British Columbia
, Canada
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South of Marble Canyon on Highyway 93 is Numa Falls
on the Vermillion River
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Canyon
A canyon or gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water it will eventually drain into. This forms a canyon. Most canyons were formed by a process of...
surrounding Tokumm Creek just above its confluence with the Vermilion River
Vermilion River (British Columbia)
Vermilion River, in Kootenay National Park headwatered at Vermilion Pass, flowing through Vermilion Valley, fed by the Simpson River, Tokumm Creek, Verendrye Creek, etc. is a major tributary of the Kootenay River....
, at the north end of Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia Canada covering in the Canadian Rockies and forms part of a World Heritage Site. The park ranges in elevation from at the south-west park entrance to at Deltaform Mountain...
in the Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA...
of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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South of Marble Canyon on Highyway 93 is Numa Falls
Numa Falls
Numa Falls is a waterfall of the Vermillion River located in Kootenay National Park, Canada.It is accessible via a short drive off the Banff-Windermere Highway 93 that connects Banff National Park and Radium Hot Springs. While not a large falls, it is easily accessible directly by the roadside,...
on the Vermillion River
Vermillion River
Vermilion River or Vermillion River is the name of several rivers:In Canada*Vermilion River *Vermilion River in Kootenay National Park*Ontario**Vermilion River , a tributary of Lac Seul on the English River...
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"[Tokumm Creek] joins Vermillion River through a magnificent gorge, or box canyon, so narrow that at several places the fissure, for it seems little more than a crack in the rock strata, is bridged by great boulders that have become wedged across it. It was a feature well worth seeing."