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Wapta Mountain is a peak in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, in the Canadian Rockies between Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley. Along with The Vice President and Mount Burgess, it helps form the mountain backdrop to Emerald Lake, and it stands just north of the ridge containing the Burgess Shale fossil beds. The mountain was first climbed in 1901 by James Outram, J. H. Scattergood, and their guide C. Bohren. It also overlooks Takakkaw Falls, the second tallest waterfall in western Canada at 1,247 feet. Its name comes from the Stoney language, where “Wapta” means “river.”
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