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Yoho National Park (/ ˈ j oʊ h oʊ / YOH-hoh) [3] is a national park of Canada.It is located within the Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide of the Americas in southeastern British Columbia, bordered by Kootenay National Park to the south and Banff National Park to the east in Alberta.
The Montane Cordillera Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an ecozone in south-central British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, Canada (an ecozone is equivalent to a Level I ecoregion in the United States).
Map highlighting Yoho National Park in red The Burgess Shale is a fossil -bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia , Canada. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils.
Emerald Lake is a freshwater lake located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. [1] Yoho National Park is one of the 4 contiguous National Parks in the heart of Canada's Rocky Mountains, along the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta Provinces, the other Parks are Kootenay, Jasper, and Banff.
Lake McArthur may be accessed via an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) circuit hike from Le Relais Day Shelter in Yoho Park. [8] The shelter is reached via an 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) access road. The Lake O'Hara bus goes past the shelter, but reservations are required. [9] There is a 310-metre (1,020 ft) elevation gain.
The following is a brief list of some of the major lakes in Yoho National Park. Yoho National Park is one of the major mountain parks in the Canadian Rockies . The region has extraordinary topographical and hydro-graphical features, including significant peaks, waterfalls, lakes, and canyons.
Topo map NTS 82N7 Golden [ 3 ] The President Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies , located in the northwestern section of Yoho National Park .
The Stanley Mitchell hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of 2,060 metres (6,759 ft) in the Little Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.It sits in a small meadow not far from the base of a mountain called The President.