Wapta Falls
| Feature Type: | Falls - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. Variation of Waterfall. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Kicking Horse River just below mouth of Beaverfoot River, at SW side of Yoho National Park E of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°11'13"N, 116°34'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 25 October 1910. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Stoney for "river" Source: 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1917, Ottawa) |