Sunwapta Pass (2,035 m/6,677 ft)Jasper National Park of Canada. Parks Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-26. (2,023 m/6,637 ft)Banff, Jasper & Glacier National Parks. Lonely Planet Publications, 2012, p. 74. (2,055 m/6,742 ft)Jasper South Trails Map. National Geographic Society, 2012. is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. Sunwapta Pass is the low point of the saddle created between Mount Athabasca and Nigel Peak. The pass marks the boundary between Banff and Jasper national parks. The Icefields Parkway travels through Sunwapta Pass 108 km (67 mi) southeast of the town of Jasper and 122 km (76 mi) northwest of the Parkway's junction with the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise.Map of Icefields Parkway . Parks Canada. Retrieved 2012-05-26. The pass is the second highest point on the Icefields Parkway. Bow Summit (2,069 m/6,790 ft) in Banff National Park is the highest point on the parkway.Patton, Brian Parkways of the Canadian Rockies. Summerthought Publishing, 2008, pp. 83, 95.
Sunwapta Pass marks the watershed divide between the Athabasca River drainage to the north and the North Saskatchewan system to the south. Waters flowing north from this summit eventually reach the Arctic Ocean via the Mackenzie River, while those flowing south cross the prairies via the Saskatchewan and Nelson rivers to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean.Patton, Brian. Parkways of the Canadian Rockies. Summerthought Publishing, 2008, p. 94.
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