If you thought that Niagara Falls is the most spectacular waterfall in Canada, you are in for a surprise. Canada is a vast country with towering mountains, large rivers, immense glaciers, and deep canyons, so it is not surprising that, according to the Geographical Names of Canada, the country has more than 1700 major waterfalls.

Nature has been particularly generous to British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. There are waterfalls in Canada that flow backwards, and those in the north that freeze over completely create mesmerizing shapes and forms. It is hardly possible to visit them all, but each of them makes your hike or climb very special when you round the corner of the trail and face the beauty and power of nature at its most magnificent.

Takakkaw Falls

Yoho National Park is an awe-inspiring British Columbia park full of snow-capped mountain peaks, shear rock walls, ancient forests, and roaring rivers, but nothing captures its majesty more than Takakkaw Falls. The falls are fed by the melting Daly Glacier, a part of the Waputik Icefield. Takakkaw is 991 feet high with a free fall of 850 feet, making it the third highest in Canada. The fall is reached by following the Yoho Valley Road to its end, about 13 kilometers from the Trans-Canada Highway. There is a campground where the Yoho Valley Road ends, offering spectacular vistas of the fall. The campground is the trailhead for the trails leading to the Yoho Valley and Laughing Falls, Iceline, Twin Falls, and Whaleback trails. It offers a unique wilderness experience, and the area is fairly accessible.

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