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Yoho National Park.
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ca. 1960 (Creation)
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Photocopy, 5 cm
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Yoho National Park is located near Field. It was established in 1886, and the name is derived from a Cree expression for awe or wonder. The park currently encompasses 1,310 square kilometres on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains and borders Banff National Park to the east and Kootenay National Park to the south. It includes one of Canada’s highest water falls, Takakkaw Falls.
Yoho is the site of one of the world’s most important fossil finds, the Burgess Shale, which was designated a World Heritage Site in 1981. Contained within the shale are the fossilized remains of nearly 120 marine species dating back 515 million years. The contiguous peaks of Yoho, Banff, Jasper and Kootenay were declared a World Heritage site in 1984.
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"A history of Yoho National Park, Field, B.C."
Loaned for copying by F.M. Woodward, Special Collections, University of British Columbia, 1976.
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Accession number(s): 76-098