Mount Field

Mount Field is a prominent mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, rising steeply above the Kicking Horse River valley near the town of Field and the Trans-Canada Highway. Named in 1884 for American merchant Cyrus West Field during his visit as a guest of the Canadian Pacific Railway, it reflects both a notable businessman and the era of railway promotion in the Canadian Rockies. Its slopes drain to the Kicking Horse River, and below the ridge to Wapta Mountain lies the Burgess Shale, an important fossil-bearing formation. Formed from ancient sedimentary rock later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, it remains a protected landmark in a subarctic mountain landscape.

British Columbia · Canada