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The Icefields Parkway (French: Promenade des Glaciers), is a 230 km (140 mi) long scenic road that parallels the Continental Divide, traversing the rugged landscape of the Canadian Rockies, travelling through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
It is located within Banff National Park at the junction of Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway). It is administered by Improvement District No. 9. It was named "The Crossing", when travellers and fur traders used this spot to cross the North Saskatchewan River on their way to British Columbia in the 19th ...
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Sunwapta Pass (2,035 m/6,677 ft) [1] (2,023 m/6,637 ft) [2] (2,055 m/6,742 ft) [3] is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta.Sunwapta Pass is the low point of the saddle created between Mount Athabasca and Nigel Peak.
All highways within this series are numbered from 1 to 100, with the exception of highways 201 and 216 which serve as the ring roads for Calgary and Edmonton, respectively. Highways 1 and 16 make up part of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) system, and are the only highways within the network that are given this designation.
The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Sarbach, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest, [1] with Epaulette Mountain immediately to the southeast. Kaufmann Peaks is situated south of Saskatchewan Crossing , where the Icefields Parkway intersects with the David Thompson Highway .
British Columbia Highway 16 becomes Alberta Highway 16 as it crosses the Continental Divide and Yellowhead Pass into Alberta, entering Jasper National Park.It travels in an easterly direction through the Municipality of Jasper until it reaches the intersection with Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) and the west access to the Jasper townsite.
1.5 km (0.93 mi) Crowfoot Glacier is located in Banff National Park , Alberta , Canada , 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Lake Louise , and can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway . The glacier is situated on the northeastern flank of Crowfoot Mountain .