Angels Staircase Falls
| Feature Type: | Falls - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. Variation of Waterfall. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On unnamed stream which flows W into Yoho River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°31'03"N, 116°29'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 26 February 1965 on 82 N/9, as identified in "Away to The Canadian Rockies and British Columbia", Gordon Brinley, 1938, p 72; and as identified in National Parks' 1964 Pamphlet "Trails in the Yoho Valley Emerald Lake area, Yoho National Park". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Incorrect location description in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "Minto Cascade" in Dominion Parks Annual Report 1914, Vol.1, Part 5, p.46. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |