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Sunwapta Falls is a pair of waterfalls of the Sunwapta River in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The falls are accessible via a 600-metre (2,000 ft) access road off the Icefields Parkway, which connects Jasper and Banff National Parks. The falls have a drop of about 18.5 metres (61 feet). Sunwapta is a Stoney language word that means ...
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. The pass marks the boundary between Banff and Jasper national parks.
Sunwapta is a Nakoda (Stoney) word meaning "turbulent river" or "radiating waves", and may refer to the following features in Alberta, Canada: Sunwapta Falls; Sunwapta Pass; Sunwapta Peak; Sunwapta River; Sunwapta Industrial, in Edmonton, see List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton#Industrial districts
The Sunwapta River then continues to run northwest through Jasper National Park, following the Icefields Parkway, and finally joins the Athabasca River shortly after Sunwapta Falls. [1] Sunwapta is a Stoney language word meaning "turbulent river". Geologist A. P. Coleman named the river in 1892. [2]
The only other means of access are via hike-in or ski-in from Sunwapta Falls on the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park. It is a 22 km hike over trails to Fortress Lake. In the 1970s, construction began on a trail into the park from Kinbasket Lake via the Wood River by the British Columbia Forest Service. However, the trail was only ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 12 had a population of 0 living in 0 of its 0 total private dwellings, a change of -100% from its 2016 population of 53.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Sunwapta Peak is in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Sunwapta Peak drains into the Sunwapta River which is a tributary of the Athabasca River.
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