Yoho River

Yoho River is a river in British Columbia, Canada and has an elevation of 1,334 metres. Yoho River is situated nearby to the locality Hector, as well as near Yoho Valley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Field and Wapta Mountain.

Mount Field

Peak

Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.

Mount Field is a mountain located about 4 km northeast of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 after Cyrus West Field, an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable.

Wapta Mountain

Peak

Photo: Smith609, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wapta Mountain is a mountain located in the Canadian Rockies between Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It stands just north of the ridge containing the Burgess Shale fossil beds.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Field and Yoho National Park.

Field

Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Field is a cozy mountain village located in Yoho National Park within the Canadian Rockies in Canada. The town served as a base for workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway in its early days, and now hosts a small community of about 170, in addition to hosting the Yoho Park administration building and a number of quaint gift shops, restaurants, and small accommodations.

Yoho National Park

Photo: HylgeriaK, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Yoho National Park is British Columbia's sister to Alberta's Banff National Park, a world heritage site, on the western side of the continental divide that separates the two provinces.

Yoho River

Type: River
Category: body of water
Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

51.44785° or 51° 26′ 52″ north

Longitude

-116.43118° or 116° 25′ 52″ west

Elevation

1,334 metres (4,377 feet)

Open location code

9535CHX9+4G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 356693819

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=river

GeoNames ID

6185527

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Satellite Map

Discover Yoho River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hector and Yoho Valley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spiral Tunnel Viewpoint (Upper tunnel) and Mount Ogden.

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