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Takakkaw Falls

One of Canada's highest waterfalls, plunging from a glacier at the end of a switchback road, open in summer.

Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0
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1–2 hours

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One of Canada's highest waterfalls, plunging from a glacier at the end of a switchback road, open in summer.

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