Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park

Flickr friends, Ron and Trish, very kindly invited me to go with them on a wonderful drive westwards on August 1st. Their furthest destination was Takakkaw Falls, seen here. The Falls are located in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia. A breathtaking sight, with thunderous sound to go with it - sounded like a plane flying directly overhead.

"Its highest point is 384m (1260 ft) from its base, making it the second-highest officially measured waterfall in western Canada, after Della Falls on Vancouver Island. However its true "free-fall" is only 254m (833 ft).

"Takakkaw", loosely translated from Cree, means something like "it is magnificent". The falls are fed by the Daly Glacier which is part of the Waputik Icefield. The glacier keeps the volume of the falls up during the warm summer months, and are a tourist attraction, particularly in late spring after the heavy snow melts, when the falls are at peak condition. The Takakkaw Falls were featured in the 1995 film Last of the Dogmen." From Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takakkaw_Falls