Mount Robson & Fraser River at Rearguard Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Elevation :  3,954 m (12,972 ft)

Mount Robson is the most prominent mountain in North America's Rocky Mountain range; it is also the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain is located entirely within Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, and is part of the Rainbow Range. Mount Robson is the second highest peak entirely in British Columbia, behind Mount Waddington in the Coast Range. The south face of Mount Robson is clearly visible from the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16), and is commonly photographed along this route.

 

Mount Robson Provincial Parks

 Mount Robson & Berg Lake

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Berg Lake from the Mumm Basin Trail

 

 

 

 

 

Fraser River at Rearguard Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Fraser River at Rearguard Falls

 

 

 

 

 

Mount Robson and  Rearguard Falls Provincial Parks,British Columbia, Canada

The Fraser River cascades over RearGuard Falls near Mount Robson, British Columbia, Canada

The Fraser River cascades over RearGuard Falls near Mount Robson, British Columbia, Canada

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Rearguard Falls detail, near the headwaters of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.

 

Rearguard Falls is located in Rearguard Falls Provincial Park on the Fraser River in British Columbia. The falls are located 115 km (71 mi) downstream from the river's source at Fraser Pass. This is the farthest point that salmon migrate up the Fraser River to spawn, about 1,260 km (783 mi) from the ocean. A boardwalk is installed on the trail leading from the rest area on Yellowhead Highway to the falls; allowing travellers a close-up view of the falls.

 

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Fraser River at Rearguard Falls, British Columbia, Canada

 

Before it joins the Strait of Georgia near Vancouver, the mighty Fraser River flows about 850 miles through the peaks and valleys of British Columbia. Carving gorgeous gorges, washing over waterfalls, and irrigating fertile, foggy farms, the Fraser is a huge factor in BC's rep as perhaps Canada's most photogenic province. Only 60-odd miles from the river's highland headwaters—and almost 800 miles from the ocean—the pictured Rearguard Falls is the farthest point up the Fraser you'll find spawning salmon that migrate from the Pacific. The rapids appear turquoise due to glacial runoff from adjacent mountains including Mount Robson, the Canadian Rockies' highest peak.

 

 

 

 

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