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Place Name
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Yoho National Park
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Pronunciation
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YO-ho
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Place Status (Type)
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national park
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Location
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Alberta, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Yoho National Park
(YO-ho) (
507 sq mi/1,313 sq km), SE B.C.,
Canada, in the Rocky Mts. at the Alta. border. It lies W of the
Continental Divide, adjoining Banff and Kootenay natl. parks,
and contains lakes, glaciers, waterfalls, and high mts., with a number
of peaks more than 10,000 ft/3,048 m high.
Park hq. are at Field, which is a center for mt. climbing. Est.
1886.
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