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Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....
 along the western slope of the Continental Divide
Continental Divide

The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Divide or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the drainage basin that drain into the Pacific Ocean from, 1) those river systems which drain into the Atlantic Ocean , and 2)...
 in southeastern British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park

Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia Canada covering 1,406 km? in the Canadian Rockies and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
 on the southern side and Banff National Park
Banff National Park

Banff National Park is Canada's oldest National Parks of Canada, established in 1885 in the Canadian Rockies. The park, located 110-180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses 6,641 square kilometres of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense pinophyta forest, and alpine landscapes...
 on the eastern side. The name Yoho comes from a Cree
Cree language

Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories to Labrador, making it by far the most spoken Native American languages in Canada....
 word expressing amazement.

Overview
Yoho covers 1,313 km˛ (507 mi˛) and it is the smallest of the four contiguous national parks (NP).






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Takakkaw Falls
Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....
 along the western slope of the Continental Divide
Continental Divide

The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Divide or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the drainage basin that drain into the Pacific Ocean from, 1) those river systems which drain into the Atlantic Ocean , and 2)...
 in southeastern British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park

Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia Canada covering 1,406 km? in the Canadian Rockies and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
 on the southern side and Banff National Park
Banff National Park

Banff National Park is Canada's oldest National Parks of Canada, established in 1885 in the Canadian Rockies. The park, located 110-180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses 6,641 square kilometres of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense pinophyta forest, and alpine landscapes...
 on the eastern side. The name Yoho comes from a Cree
Cree language

Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories to Labrador, making it by far the most spoken Native American languages in Canada....
 word expressing amazement.

Overview


Yoho covers 1,313 km˛ (507 mi˛) and it is the smallest of the four contiguous national parks (NP). Yoho, together with Jasper NP
Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park is the largest National Parks of Canada in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km? . It is located in the province of Alberta, to the north of Banff National Park and west of the city of Edmonton....
, Kootenay NP and Banff NP, along with three British Columbia provincial parks—Hamber Provincial Park
Hamber Provincial Park

Hamber Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the border with Alberta, surrounded on three sides by the Jasper National Park....
, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located around Mount Assiniboine....
, and Mount Robson Provincial Park
Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount Robson Provincial Park is a large provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km?. The park is located entirely within British Columbia, bordering Jasper National Park in Alberta....
—form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Sites is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four National Parks of Canada:*Banff National Park...
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
. The park's administrative and visitor centre are located in the town of Field, British Columbia
Field, British Columbia

Field is a town of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia,Canada, within the confines of Yoho National Park....
, beside the Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten Provinces of Canada of Canada. It is, after the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1 , the world's longest national highway, with the main route spanning 7,821 km....
.

World Heritage Site

This park was declared a UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
 in 1984, together with the other national and provincial park
Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a Provinces and territories of Canada government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as National Parks of Canada, their workings are very similar....
s that form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Sites is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four National Parks of Canada:*Banff National Park...
, for the mountain landscapes containing mountain peaks, glacier
Glacier

A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
s, lakes, waterfalls, canyon
Canyon

A canyon, or gorge, is a deep valley between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level....
s and limestone caves as well as fossil
Fossil

Fossils are the preserved remains or trace fossil of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous Rock formations and sedimentary rock layers is known as the fossil record....
s found here.

Geology

The Kicking Horse River
Kicking Horse River

The Kicking Horse River is a river located in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada.The river was named in 1858, when James Hector, a member of the Palliser Expedition, was kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river....
, a Canadian Heritage river, originates in the Wapta and Waputik icefields in the park. This mighty river has created a Natural Bridge through solid rock. This formation is located 3 km west of Field, accessible from the road to Emerald Lake.

The Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canada segment of the North American Rocky Mountains mountain range. The southern end in Alberta and British Columbia borders Idaho and Montana of the United States....
 consist of sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rock is one of the three main Rock types . Sedimentary rock is formed by deposition and consolidation of mineral and organic material and from precipitation of minerals from solution....
, with numerous fossil
Fossil

Fossils are the preserved remains or trace fossil of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous Rock formations and sedimentary rock layers is known as the fossil record....
 deposits. In particular, the Burgess Shale
Burgess Shale

The Burgess Shale Formation is one of the world's most celebrated fossil localities, and is famous for the exceptional preservation of the fossils found within it, in which the soft parts are preserved....
, located in Yoho National Park, has among the world's richest deposits of rare fossils. The Burgess Shale was discovered in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott

Charles Doolittle Walcott was an United States invertebrate paleontologist. He became known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess shale formation of British Columbia, Canada....
.

Mountains

  • Mount Burgess
    Mount Burgess

    Mount Burgess is a mountain in Yoho National Park and is part of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1886 by Otto Koltz after Alexander MacKinnon Burgess, the Deputy Minister of the Interior at the time....
     2,599m (8,527ft) is a frequently climbed mountain. For 17 years it was featured on the Canadian ten-dollar bill
    Canadian ten-dollar bill

    The Canadian ten-dollar bill is one of the most common banknotes of the Canadian dollar. It was the first bill printed when Canada changed its banknotes in 2001....
    .
  • Mount Stephen
    Mount Stephen

    Mount Stephen is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, ? km east of Field, British Columbia. The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway....
     3,199m (10,496ft) is the tallest of the four mountains that surround the town of Field, British Columbia
    Field, British Columbia

    Field is a town of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia,Canada, within the confines of Yoho National Park....
    . A portion of the Burgess Shale
    Burgess Shale

    The Burgess Shale Formation is one of the world's most celebrated fossil localities, and is famous for the exceptional preservation of the fossils found within it, in which the soft parts are preserved....
     fossils were discovered on Mount Stephen.
  • The President
    The President

    The President is a mountain peak on the The President/Vice-President Massif, just North of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut....
     3,138m (10,296ft)
  • The Vice President
    The Vice President

    The Vice-President is a mountain on the The President/Vice-President Massif just North of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut....
     3,066m (10,060ft)
  • Mount Goodsir
    Mount Goodsir

    Mount Goodsir is the highest mountain in the Ottertail Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. It is located in Yoho National Park, near its border with Kootenay National Park....
     3,567m (11,703ft)
  • Mount Balfour 3,272m (10735ft.)


Waterfalls

  • Takakkaw Falls
    Takakkaw Falls

    Takakkaw Falls is a waterfall located in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, British Columbia, in Canada. Its highest point is 384 m , making it the second-highest officially measured waterfall in western Canada, after Della Falls on Vancouver Island....
  • Wapta Falls
    Wapta Falls

    Wapta Falls is a waterfall located in Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada. References...


See also

  • List of lakes in Yoho National Park
    List of lakes in Yoho National Park

    The following is a brief list of some of the major lakes in Yoho National Park. Yoho National Park is one of the major mountain parks in the Canadian Rockies....


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