Athabasca River Falls Alberta Canada

by Elaine Manley

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Athabasca River Falls Alberta Canada

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Elaine Manley

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Athabasca Falls is a waterfall in Jasper National Park on the upper Athabasca River, approximately 30 kilometres south of the townsite of Jasper, Alberta, Canada, and just west of the Icefields Parkway. The 23-metre Athabasca Falls is not very high by Canadian Rockies standards, but the size of the river makes it one of the most powerful falls .
Athabasca Valley glacier sheared of hard rock to cause a cliff and the glacial stream whittled away rocks to form the canyon. As glacier receded, Athabasca river which originates at the Columbia ice field flowed through this narrow gorge and fell ~ 23m over a cliff causing a class 5 water fall. Athabasca means ‘there are plants one after another’ in Wood Cree. The water of Athabasca river changes according to season depending on the type of rock flour in the water, which reflects different wavelengths of light.

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April 16th, 2022

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