Yoho National Park

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Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern side. The name Yoho comes from a Cree word expressing amazement.

Yoho covers 1,313 km² (507 mi²) and is the smallest of the four contiguous national parks (NP). Yoho, together with Jasper NP, Kootenay NP and Banff NP, along with three British Columbia provincial parks—Hamber Provincial Park, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, and Mount Robson Provincial Park—form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.

The park's administrative offices and visitor centre are located in the town of Field, British Columbia, beside the Trans-Canada Highway.

Contents

• 1 World Heritage Site
• 2 Geology
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

World Heritage Site

This park was declared a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site in 1984, together with the other national and provincial parks that form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, for the mountain landscapes containing mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves as well as fossils found here.

Geology

The Kicking Horse 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 consist of sedimentary rock, with numerous fossil deposits. In particular, the Burgess Shale, 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.

Image:TakakkawFalls2.jpg|A rainbow over Takakkaw Falls Image:Takakkaw_Falls.jpg|Takakkaw falls from farther down the river Image:Yoho_Natural_Bridge.jpg|Natural Bridge Image:Yoho National Park Location.png|Location in British Columbia

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

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• List of Canadian national parks
• Takakkaw Falls
• Twin Falls

External links

• [Park's Canada web site] (bilingual)
• [Yoho National Park on Bivouac.com]
• [A Travel Guide for Yoho National Park and Village of Field, BC]

National Parks of Canada

Yoho National Park

	National parks: Aulavik • Auyuittuq • Banff • Bruce Peninsula • Cape Breton Highlands • Elk Island • Forillon • Fundy • Georgian Bay Islands • Glacier • Grassland • Gros Morne • Gulf Islands • Gwaii Haanas • Ivvavik • Jasper • Kejimkujik • Kluane • Kootenay • Kouchibouguac • La Maurice • Mingan Archipelago • Mount Revelstoke • Nahanni • Pacific Rim • Point Pelee • Prince Edward Island • Pukaswa • Prince Albert • Quttinirpaaq • Riding Mountain • Sirmilik • St. Lawrence Islands • Terra Nova • Torngat Mountains • Tuktut • Ukkusiksalik • Vuntut • Wapusk • Waterton • Wood Buffalo • Yoho Marine Conservation Areas: Fathom Five • Saguenay-St. Lawrence