- Snaring River
Infobox River
river_name = Snaring River
image_size = 280px
caption = The Snaring River inJasper National Park
origin = Colonel Pass
coord|53|04|56|N|118|42|28|W|scale:10000_region:CA-AB_type:waterbody
mouth =Athabasca River
coord|53|00|50|N|118|04|31|W|scale:10000_region:CA-AB_type:waterbody
basin_countries = flag|Alberta CAN
length =
elevation = m to ft|1084|abbr=yes
mouth_elevation = m to ft|1039|abbr=yes
discharge =
watershed =. [Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991). "Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1". Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pg. 228]
Course
The Snaring River rises in the northwestern section of
Jasper National Park , near theBritish Columbia border. It flows east-southeast before joining theAthabasca River . The Snaring is fed by meltwater of numerous peaks, including Mount McCord, Mount Beaupre, Mount Knight, Mount Rutherford, and Snaring Mountain. The small Harvey Lake also drains into the Snaring. [Mussio Ventures. "Central Alberta Backroad Mapbook." Burnaby: Backroad Mapbooks (2002)] Acampground run byParks Canada is located on the Snaring near theYellowhead Highway .References
ee also
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List of Alberta rivers
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