Astoria River
The Astoria River is a short river in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is an early tributary of the Athabasca River. The Astoria forms in the Tonquin Valley, collecting meltwater from the Fraser Glacier, The Ramparts, Mount Erebus, Mount Clitheroe, and Oldhorn Mountain.Photo: Wheateater, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marmot Basin.
Marmot Basin
Sports venue
Marmot Basin is an alpine ski area located on Marmot Mountain in Alberta's Jasper National Park. It has 91 named runs on four mountain faces with 3,000 vertical feet of drop. Marmot Basin is situated 3 km west of Astoria River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jasper and Jasper National Park.
Jasper
Photo: Sanchom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jasper is a town of about 4,700 people in Jasper National Park in the Alberta Rockies region. It is a small tourist town that serves as a base for exploring the park, and for outdoor sports such as skiing, hiking, climbing, canyoning, rafting, canoeing, golfing and fat biking.
Jasper National Park
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jasper National Park is in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta, Canada. It has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is the largest of Canada's Rocky Mountain Parks, spanning 10,878 km² of broad valleys, rugged mountains, glaciers, forests, alpine meadows and wild rivers along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in western Alberta.
Astoria River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Astoria River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Astoria”
- Bengali: “এস্টোরিয়া নদী”
- Cebuano: “Astoria River”
- French: “rivière Astoria”
- French: “Rivière Astoria”
- Irish: “Abhainn Astoria”
- Japanese: “アストリア川”
- Polish: “Astoria”
- Spanish: “Rio Astoria”
- Spanish: “Río Astoria”
- Swedish: “Astoria River”
- Ukrainian: “Асторія”
- Uzbek: “Astoria daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Astoria”
- “Astoria”
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