Field Station
Field Station is a railway station in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia. Field Station is situated nearby to the community center Field Community Centre, as well as near the government office Yoho National Park Administration Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Burgess and Mount Stephen.
Mount Burgess
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mount Burgess, 2,599 m, is a mountain in Yoho National Park and is part of the President Range in the Canadian Rockies. It is located in the southwest buttress of Burgess Pass in the Emerald River and Kicking Horse River Valleys. Mount Burgess is situated 3 km north of Field Station.
Mount Stephen
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Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
Mount Stephen, 3,199 m, is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, 1⁄2 km east of Field, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mount Stephen is situated 4 km east of Field Station.
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.
Field Station
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: building, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.39428° or 51° 23′ 39″ northLongitude
-116.49226° or 116° 29′ 32″ westInception
1954Open location code
95359GV5+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 269762962OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap feature
historic=train_station
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