Yoho National Park

Yoho National Park lies in the Rocky Mountains of southeastern British Columbia on the western slope of the Continental Divide. Named in 1901 from a Cree expression of astonishment, the area is in the traditional territories of the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa, who long used Kicking Horse Pass to cross the Rockies. Protection began in 1886 as Mount Stephen Reserve, grew with railway tourism, and took its present name and boundaries in 1930. Known for high peaks, waterfalls, and striking rock formations, Yoho is also globally important for geology and paleontology, especially the Burgess Shale fossils discovered there in 1909, and it became part of a World Heritage Site in 1984.

British Columbia · Canada