Yoho National Park

Yoho National Park
IUCN category II (national park)[1]
Takakkaw Falls
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Location	British Columbia, Canada
Nearest city	Golden
Coordinates	51°23′43″N 116°29′12″W / 51.39528°N 116.48667°W / 51.39528; -116.48667
Area	1,313 km2 (507 sq mi)
Established	October 10, 1886
Visitors	663,878 (in 2022–23[2])
Governing body	Parks Canada
Website	parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Criteria	Natural: (vii), (viii)
Reference	304
Inscription	1984 (8th Session)

Yoho National Park (/ˈjoʊhoʊ/ YOH-hoh)^[3] is a national park of Canada. It is located within the Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide of the Americas in southeastern British Columbia, bordered by Kootenay National Park to the south and Banff National Park to the east in Alberta. The word Yoho is a Cree expression of amazement or awe, and it is an apt description for the park's spectacular landscape of massive ice fields and mountain peaks, which rank among the highest in the Canadian Rockies.^[4]

Yoho covers 1,313 square kilometres (507 sq mi), the smallest of the region's four contiguous national parks, which also include Jasper, Kootenay, and Banff National Parks, as well as three British Columbia provincial parks—Hamber Provincial Park, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, and Mount Robson Provincial Park. Together, these parks form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. Yoho's administrative and visitor centre is in Field, British Columbia, beside the Trans-Canada Highway.