Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls (Template:IPAc-en; also spelled Takkakaw<ref name="eb" />) is a waterfall in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada. The falls have a total height of Template:Convert,<ref name="eb" /> making them the second tallest waterfall in Canada.<ref name="encyclopedia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="field">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The main drop of the waterfall has a height of Template:Convert.<ref name="eb" />
"Takakkaw" translates to "magnificent” in Cree.<ref name="eb" /> The falls are fed by the meltwater of the Daly Glacier, which is part of the Waputik Icefield.<ref name="eb" /><ref name="wwd" /><ref name="encyclopedia" /><ref name="field" /> The glacier keeps the volume of the falls up during the warm summer months, and they are a tourist attraction, particularly in late spring after the heavy snow melts, when the falls are at peak condition.<ref name="field" />
HeightEdit
Various sources place the total vertical height of Takakkaw Falls between Template:Convert and Template:Convert.<ref name="eb" /><ref name="wwd" /> The waterfall was formerly thought to be the tallest in Canada, but a survey in 1985 found that it is actually shorter than Della Falls on Vancouver Island.<ref name="eb" /> The results of that survey also concluded that the main drop of the falls is Template:Convert high.<ref name="eb" />
In popular cultureEdit
The Takakkaw Falls were featured in the 1995 film Last of the Dogmen.Template:Citation needed
GalleryEdit
- Man and two women standing by their car in front of Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, British Columbia.jpg
Takakkaw Falls pictured in 1952
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Takakkaw Falls from Iceline Trail
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The falls pictured in June 2016
- Crepuscular Rays Beam through the Mist Blown from Takkakaw Falls.jpg
Crepuscular rays through mist from Takakkaw Falls
- Daly Glacier and Takakkaw Falls.jpg
Daly Glacier and Takakkaw Falls from the Iceline Trail, July 16, 2005
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A rainbow over Takakkaw Falls.
See alsoEdit
- List of waterfalls
- List of waterfalls in British Columbia
- List of waterfalls of Canada
- Yoho National Park
- Wapta Falls
- Della Falls