Jasper

Jasper is a town of about 5,200 people in in the 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.
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  • Type: Town with 4,590 residents
  • Description: municipality in Alberta, Canada
  • Also known as: Jasper, AB”, “Jasper, Alb.”, “Jasper, Alberta”, “Jasper, Alta.”, and “Municipality of Jasper

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jasper Park Information Centre and Jasper Railway Station.

Tourism office
The National Historic Site, located in , , , is the primary visitor contact centre for visitors to the park.

Railway station
Jasper station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Jasper, Alberta. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian and is the eastern terminus for the Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train.

Jasper

Latitude
52.8752° or 52° 52′ 31″ north
Longitude
-118.0824° or 118° 4′ 57″ west
Population
4,590
Elevation
1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
IATA airport code
YJA
Open location code
9543VWG9+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51971014
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6354954
Wiki­data ID
Q999429
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jasper” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جاسبر
  • Basque: Jasper
  • Belarusian: Джаспер
  • Catalan: Jasper
  • Chinese: 賈斯珀
  • Chinese: 贾斯珀
  • Danish: Jasper (Canada)
  • Danish: Jasper
  • Dutch: Jasper (Canada)
  • Dutch: Jasper
  • Esperanto: Jasper
  • Esperanto: Jaspero
  • Finnish: Jasper
  • French: Jasper
  • Galician: Jasper, Alberta
  • Galician: Jasper
  • German: Jasper’s House
  • German: Jasper
  • Greek: Τζάσπερ
  • Icelandic: Jasper (bær)
  • Icelandic: Jasper
  • Irish: Jasper, Alberta
  • Irish: Jasper
  • Italian: Jasper
  • Japanese: ジャスパー
  • Korean: 재스퍼
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jasper
  • Norwegian: Jasper
  • Persian: جاسپر، آلبرتا
  • Persian: جاسپر
  • Polish: Jasper (Kanada)
  • Polish: Jasper
  • Portuguese: Jasper
  • Romanian: Jasper, Alberta
  • Romanian: Jasper
  • Russian: Джаспер
  • Serbian: Džasper
  • Serbian: Џаспер
  • Slovenian: Jasper
  • Spanish: Jasper
  • Spanish: municipio de Alberta
  • Ukrainian: Джаспер
  • Urdu: جسپر، البرٹا
  • Urdu: جسپر
  • Urdu: جیسپر، البرٹا
  • Western Panjabi: جیسپر، البرٹا
  • Western Panjabi: جیسپر

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jasper”. Photo: Sanchom, CC BY-SA 3.0.