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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.
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.
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).
The Little Yoho Valley is located on the north side of the Trans-Canada Highway, 21 km west of Lake Louise, Alberta and 3.7 km east of Field, British Columbia. The turn-off to the trailhead is signed as Takakkaw Falls on the highway. Follow the Yoho Valley Road to the Takakkaw Falls parking lot (13 km from the highway).
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. At 508 million years old ( middle Cambrian ), [ 4 ] it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part imprints.
The first park established by the federal government of Canada, Banff includes the Valley of the Ten Peaks, the Wapta and Waputik Icefields, several ski resorts, and the communities of Lake Louise and Banff. It is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site and adjacent to Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks. Bruce ...
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.
In 1983 Canada nominated Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks for inclusion on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. UNESCO accepted this nomination in 1984 on the basis of a recommendation by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).