Sunwapta River

The Sunwapta River is a major tributary of the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sunwapta Falls.

Sunwapta Falls

Waterfall

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Sunwapta Falls is a pair of waterfalls of the Sunwapta River in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The falls are accessible via a 600-metre access road off the Icefields Parkway, which connects Jasper and Banff National Parks. Sunwapta Falls is situated 3 km east of Sunwapta River.

Sunwapta River

Type: Stream
Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude

52.53333° or 52° 32′ north

Longitude

-117.6856° or 117° 41′ 8″ west

Elevation

1,303 metres (4,275 feet)

Open location code

9544G8M7+8Q

GeoNames ID

6159780

Wikidata ID

Q986137

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Sunwapta River” goes by many names.

Asturian: “Ríu Sunwapta”
Bengali: “সানওয়াপ্টা নদী”
Cebuano: “Sunwapta River”
Chinese: “辛華達河”
Dutch: “Sunwapta (rivier)”
Dutch: “Sunwapta”
French: “rivière Sunwapta”
French: “Rivière Sunwapta”
Hebrew: “נהר סאנואפטה”
Irish: “Abhainn Sunwapta”
Italian: “Sunwapta”
Japanese: “サンワプタ川”
Portuguese: “Rio Sunwapta”
Swedish: “Sunwapta River”
Welsh: “Afon Sunwapta”
“Sunwapta”

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