Swiftcurrent Falls

Swiftcurrent Falls is a remote major waterfall on Swiftcurrent Creek near its source in British Columbia, in the limestone mountains around Mount Robson Provincial Park. Fed by two small glacier lakes below Swiftcurrent Glacier, it plunges down a steep headwall and is thought to be about 537 meters, or 1,762 feet, high, placing it among Canada’s taller waterfalls, though it has never been officially measured. Its most distinctive feature is the porous limestone over which it flows: Swiftcurrent Creek has carved grooves and tunnels into the cliff, so much of the water often disappears underground and reemerges rather than remaining visible on the rock face.

British Columbia · Canada