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Explore Field in Canada
Field in the region of British Columbia is a town in Canada - some 1,890 mi or ( 3042 km ) West of Ottawa , the country's capital city .
Current time in Field is now 09:39 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Edmonton " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Bonners Ferry, Kalispell, Spokane, Wenatchee, and Edmonton. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Bonners Ferry . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Field ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Yoho National Park (Emerald Lake), BC
This is a video of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park in British Columbia (Canada). ..
Spiral Tunnels Train Ride
The Spiral Tunnels were built starting in 1907 and took only 20 months to finish. They are an engineering feat. They were built in order to lessen the steep grade for the CP railway through the Kickin ..
Yoho National Park - Trans Canada Highway 1 from Golden, BC into Alberta
This drive begins in the town of Golden, British Columbia and heads east, through Yoho National Park, and into Banff National Park via Trans Canada Highway 1. The video ends after turning north on the ..
Yoho National Park (Field), British Columbia
This is a video of the Rocky Mountains around the BC town of Field. The river depicted in the video is the Kicking Horse River which flows to Golden. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies.
Located at 51.42 -116.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Mount Stephen
Mount Stephen is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, ½ km east of Field. The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The mountain is composed mainly of shales and dolomites from the Cambrian Period, some 550 million years ago. The Stephen Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was first described at the mountain and was named for it.
Located at 51.40 -116.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Mount Field (British Columbia)
Mount Field is a mountain located about 10 km east of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1883 after Cyrus West Field, a guest of the CPR who were building the national railway. The Burgess shale is located below the ridge connecting Mt. Field to Wapta Mountain.
Located at 51.43 -116.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Burgess Shale
The Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, is one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At 505 million years old, it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part imprints. The rock unit is a black shale and crops out at a number of localities near the town of Field in Yoho National Park.
Located at 51.43 -116.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Wapta Mountain
Wapta Mountain (9,114 feet) is a mountain located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains between Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It stands just north of the ridge containing the Burgess Shale fossil beds. Along with The Vice President and Mount Burgess, Wapta Mountain forms the backdrop to Emerald Lake, and marks the southern end of the President Range. In 1901, James Outram and J. H. Scattergood, and their guide C.
Located at 51.45 -116.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
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