Front entrance to the townsite

Field (51° 23′ 48″ N 116° 29′ 9″ W) is a town of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia, Canada within the confines of Yoho National Park. Field was established during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway as a locomotive depot for pusher engines required to help trains over the nearby Field Hill and Big Hill. The town was given its name by the CPR in December 1884 to honour American businessman Cyrus West Field, who was instrumental in establishing trans-atlantic telegraph service. Field is 27 km west of Lake Louise along the Trans-Canada Highway, the only access to Field. The visitor centre for Yoho NP is located in Field, and those wishing to visit the area surrounding Lake O'Hara can obtain a camping permit here. Image File history File links The front entrance to the townsite of Field, British Columbia. ... Image File history File links The front entrance to the townsite of Field, British Columbia. ... The Kicking Horse River is a river located in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ... Field was created solely to accommodate the Canadian Pacific Railways need for additional locomotives to be added to trains about to tackle the Big Hill. ... The Big Hill on the Canadian Pacific Railway main line in British Columbia, Canada, was the most difficult piece of track in all of Canada. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... Cyrus West Field c. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Lake Louise is located in the Canadian province of Alberta in Banff National Park. ... Example of Trans-Canada Highway marker shield. ...

Sherbrooke Lake from Paget Peak

There are many hiking opportunities near the town including: Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho National Park, Canada The image copyright owner, Craig Knelsen, hereby agrees to the licensing terms of the GFDL for use on Wikipedia. ... Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho National Park, Canada The image copyright owner, Craig Knelsen, hereby agrees to the licensing terms of the GFDL for use on Wikipedia. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...

• Burgess Pass - 6.6 km one way, provides views of Emerald Lake and the Wapta Icefields.
• Emerald Lake - 11 km from Field on a paved road. A 5 km lakeshore trail circles the entire lake.
• Sherbrooke Lake - 3.1 km one way
• Twin Falls - 9th highest waterfall in Canada
• Wapta Falls - a short 2.4 km round trip trail to the waterfall that produces the largest volume of water in Yoho NP.

Scrambling options include: Mount Burgess (2599m), Mount Field (2635m), Mount Stephen (3199m) and Paget Peak (2560m). Categories: Stub | Lakes of Canada ... Waterfall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Scrambling is a category of climbing that does not entail the use of any ropes on the ascent or descent. ... Mount Field is a mountain located about 10 km east of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. ... Mount Stephen is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, ½ km east of Field. ...

There are several points of interests nearby including:

• Takakkaw Falls - second highest waterfall in Canada
• Burgess shale - fossil beds (restricted access)
• Natural Bridge - Kicking Horse River has carved a natural bridge through solid rock.
• Spiral Tunnels Exhibit - railway tunnel carved through Cathedral Mountain.

Takakkaw Falls, at 309 metres (1,016 feet), are the second highest waterfalls in Canada (after Della Falls on Vancouver Island). ... The Burgess shale (named after Mount Burgess, near where the shale was found) is a black shale found high up in the Canadian Rockies in Yoho National Park near the town of Field, British Columbia. ... Rainbow Arch was formed by wind erosion A natural arch or natural bridge is a formation (or landform) where a rock arch forms, with a natural passageway through underneath. ... The Kicking Horse River is a river located in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. ... When the Spiral Tunnels of the Canadian Pacific Railway were opened to traffic in August, 1909, they were hailed as one of the engineering wonders of the day. ...

External links

• Field.ca - Information for people traveling to Field and Yoho National Park
• Friends of Yoho - The Friends of Yoho National Park Society promote appreciation, understanding and stewardship of the ecology and culture of Yoho National Park