Meeting of the Waters
Meeting of the Waters is a parking area in British Columbia, Canada which is located on Yoho Valley Road. Meeting of the Waters is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Spiral Tunnel Viewpoint (Upper tunnel), as well as near Yoho River.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Field and Sherbrooke Lake.
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. Mount Field is situated 3 km west of Meeting of the Waters.
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. Sherbrooke Lake is situated 3½ km northeast of Meeting of the Waters.
Walcott Quarry
Paleontological site
The Walcott Quarry is the most famous quarry of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, bearing the Phyllopod beds. Walcott Quarry is situated 3½ km west of Meeting of the Waters.
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.
Meeting of the Waters
- Type: Parking area
- Address: Yoho Valley Road
- Category: transportation
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.43623° or 51° 26′ 10″ northLongitude
-116.42074° or 116° 25′ 15″ westOpen location code
9535CHPH+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2958087778OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parking
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