Wapta Lake
Wapta Lake is a glacial lake in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies of eastern British Columbia, Canada. Wapta Lake is formed from Cataract Brook and Blue Creek in Yoho National Park, and is the source of the Kicking Horse River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paget Peak and Sherbrooke Lake.
Paget Peak
Peak
Photo: John Arthur Fraser, Public domain.
Paget Peak is a mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It is readily accessible via a hiking trail.
Sherbrooke Lake
Lake
Photo: CutOffTies, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherbrooke Lake is a lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is bounded on the west by Mount Ogden 2,695 m, Mount Niles 2,972 m to the north, and Paget Peak on the east side.
Wapta Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.43955° or 51° 26′ 22″ northLongitude
-116.35022° or 116° 21′ 1″ westElevation
1,586 metres (5,203 feet)Open location code
9535CJQX+RWOpenStreetMap ID
way 356861155OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6176040Wikidata ID
Q7338050
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wapta Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wapta Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره واپتا”
- French: “Wapta Lake”
- German: “Wapta Lake”
- Hebrew: “אגם ואפטה”
- Swedish: “Wapta Lake”
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Highlights include Sylvan Spring and Viewpoint Paget Peak.
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