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	Takakkaw Falls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Takakkaw Falls (also spelled Takkakaw Falls) is a group of three waterfalls located in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada.
		The Takakkaw Falls were featured in the 1995 film Last of the Dogmen.
		To reach the falls, follow the Trans-Canada Highway for 30 km west of Lake Louise until Yoho Valley Road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Takakkaw_Falls (242 words)

	Della Falls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Della Falls is the highest officially measured waterfall in Canada, dropping 440 metres (1,443 feet) from Della Lake.
		Della Falls are 60 km from the town of Port Alberni, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.
		Francis Falls, Deserted River Falls, Alfred Falls, and Gold Creek Falls are just a few examples which exceed 2000 feet located in British Columbia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Della_Falls (152 words)

	Waterfall
		Alexandra Falls on the Hay River in the NWT is a cap-rock fall.
		Tidal falls are typified by the reversing falls originating from the ebb and flow of ocean tides.
		The American Falls on the Niagara River are a good example of this process; the relatively rapid erosion is caused largely by the effects of large volumes of water falling from a high plateau.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0008473 (946 words)

	Did You Know? - Canada's Highest Waterfall
		Della Falls can be found near the southern edge of Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
		Simple, Della Falls is not regarded as a major waterfall when compared to other waterfalls around the world because the basis for a major waterfall is not only the height of the fall but the volume of water flow.
		Della Falls was discovered more than a hundred years ago, in 1899, by prospector and trapper, Joe Drinkwater.
	www.frymybacon.com /articles/articles.php?article_ID=198 (337 words)

	Waterfalls of Vancouver Island
		Della Falls is a series of three cascades from Della Lake to the valley of Drinkwater Creek on Vancouver Island.
		For this reason, Della Falls, the highest in Canada, is not regarded, in world literature, as a major waterfall.
		Niagara Falls, on the other hand, is acknowledged as one of the world's greatest cataracts because of the estimated mean annual flow of 6000 m3/s.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Rapids/8027/falls.html (337 words)

	Takakkaw Falls Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Takakkaw Falls, at 309 metres (1,016 feet), are the second highest waterfalls in Canada (after Della Falls on Vancouver Island).
		Takakkaw, pronounced TA-kuh-koh, is the Cree Indian word for "magnificent" and indeed these falls appropriately define the word, particularly in late spring after heavy snow melt.
		The falls are fed by the Daly glacier, which keeps the volume of the falls up during the warm summer months.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/t/ta/takakkaw_falls.html (216 words)

	Myths and Misconceptions \| World Waterfall Database: World's Tallest Waterfalls
		Oregon’s Multnomah Falls is commonly cited as being either the 2nd or 4th tallest waterfall in the country, as well as the 2nd tallest Year long waterfall in the country.
		The falls drop 1226 feet in a single plunge, and though among the country’s tallest, the explanation regarding Della Falls clearly shows that Hunlen isn’t nearly the second tallest in the country.
		Two claims are often attached to Multnomah Falls, stature, those being that Multnomah Falls is the 4th tallest waterfall in the United States, and that Multnomah Falls is the 2nd tallest year-round waterfall in the United States.
	www.world-waterfalls.com /myths.php (4535 words)

	List of waterfalls - Simple English Wikipedia
		Yosemite Falls, California - highest waterfall in North America with a 436 m (1430 ft) in one drop followed by 98 m (320 ft) in another, flowing year-round
		Burney Falls, California - spring fed, 39 m (129 ft) drop, 4 mandsup3/s (150 ftandsup3/s) constant flow rate.
		Olo'upena Falls - 900 m (2953 ft) total drop.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_waterfalls (444 words)

	Takakkaw Falls -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The total fall in the river's elevation is about 200 feet (60 m), and the seventh and largest cataract is 800 yards (730 m) wide.
		The falls are on the Niagara River, which flows between the United States and Canada from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
		Fall lines commonly occur at the edges of plateaus and piedmonts, where streams pass from resistant rocks to a plain of weak rocks below.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9071003?tocId=9071003 (851 words)

	Della Falls
		One hundred years ago, in 1899, Joe Drinkwater, a prospector and trapper, discovered Della Falls and named them for his wife.
		There are piles of rocks dispersed in the gullies near the flooded mine shafts along with rusted buckets, shovels and pipes mixed in with the wild flowers.
		Della Falls is Canada’s highest waterfall with water falling from a height 440 meters.
	www.arkresort.com /Della_Falls/della_falls.html (127 words)

	BCGNIS Geographical Name Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Through most of the year the fall is in two vertical drops: 800 foot vertical drop, 200 foot cascade, then another 400 foot vertical drop; Stewart advised that, after heavy rains, the Della waters drop in a single vertical fall, confirmed by Ted Fairhurst of federal forestry department, 1962.
		Della Lake is first mentioned by name in the 1906 BC Mines Report, p.194; the waterfall is described but not named in same report.
		Della Drinkwater was in the Yukon at the time of her death (date & circumstances not cited).
	srmwww.gov.bc.ca /bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=13779 (276 words)

	Della Falls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Love Lake Trail head/ Base of Della Falls (1.5 hrs return) This was a relief from the Love Lake trail for the knees also it was somewhat cooler down in the valley bottom I guess being close to the Falls might have something to do with it.
		In less than 10 minutes we reached the Della Falls campsite, you'll know when you're there when you see a large round saw blade hanging in the tree with chain dangling from it.
		There was one more bridge that we had to cross which gives awesome views looking up at Della Falls but it was not quite good enough to hike over which was really close to the base of the Falls.
	www.sixgill.com /Dellafalls/Dellafalltrailmap.html (1407 words)

	talusdancers : Della Falls 2003 Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The trail was was gently uphill for the most part during the first 2/3 or so of the hike, with a few boggy sections.
		This bridge provided a deceptive view of the upper canyon, leading us to think we were past the worst climbing and "almost there." However, after this point we encountered some of the steepest climbing and worst sections of the trail.
		Della Falls and Della Lake as seen from trail to Love Lake.
	www.talusdancers.org /tripreport/dellafalls2003 (994 words)

	Waterfalls of British Columbia - Della Falls; Strathcona Prov. Park, Port Alberni
		It is incredibly pretty, falling from Della Lake above in three cascades.
		Then it is a full day's hike to get to the base of the falls, where you camp and enjoy the scenery.
		There is a hike to the top of the falls, which we understand to be quite difficult and potentially slippery and dangerous.
	www.waterfallswest.com /bc_della.html (424 words)

	Della Falls \| World Waterfall Database: World's Tallest Waterfalls
		Della Falls is widely thought of as the tallest waterfall in Canada.
		The falls are comprised of 3 approximately equal tiers, each a segmented waterfall.
		Della Falls has been widely known as being 1443 feet (440 meters) tall, however, we have it from a reliable source that it was recently re-measured and placed at 1578 feet (481 meters) tall.
	www.world-waterfalls.com /waterfall.php?num=65 (196 words)

	Della Falls - Hike Vancouver Island BC \| Batstar Adventure Tours
		Della Falls has been on our hiking horizons for years, tantalizing us with its height (three times as high as Niagara) and relative inaccessibility.
		Della was named after the wife of area pioneer Joe Drinkwater, whose name graces the river which flows out of the falls and into Great Central Lake.
		Most hikers to Della, ourselves included, spend day two taking a picnic up in daypacks and hiking 400 metres up to Love Lake, to attain stupendous views across the Drinkwater Valley to Della Falls and the lake out of which it flows.
	www.batstar.com /destinations/della_falls.htm (1381 words)

	Encyclopedia: Takakkaw Falls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A Massapequa (NY) waterfall Tower Fall in Yellowstone National Park A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation.
		Jump to: navigation, search Located off Canadas Pacific coast and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia Vancouver Island is, at 32,134 square kilometers (12,407 square miles), the largest island on the western side of the Americas.
		Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Takakkaw-Falls (674 words)

	Encyclopedia: Della Falls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length.
		The human activity of trapping consists of hunting for animals to obtain their furs, which are then used for clothes and other artifacts, or sold / bartered (see fur trade).
		Tower Fall in Yellowstone National Park A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Della-Falls (502 words)

	Takakkaw Falls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Takakkaw Falls, at 309 metres (1,016 feet), are the second highest waterfalls in Canada (after Della Falls on VancouverIsland).
		Takakkaw Falls is located in Yoho National Park,near Field, British Columbia.
		Takakkaw, pronounced TA-kuh-koh, is the Cree Indian word for "magnificent" and indeedthese falls appropriately define the word, particularly in late spring after heavy snow melt.
	www.therfcc.org /takakkaw-falls-247404.html (208 words)

	Big Interior Mountain: The Mountain and the Miners
		Still today the highest waterfall in Canada is called Della Falls and the lake in the basin is called Della Lake in her memory.
		On the west shore of Della Lake along the vein of gold-bearing quartz, a water driven arrastra was built.
		In 1938 samples were brought out from the Della Mine and assayed at over an average of one ounce of gold per ton, gold at that time was valued at $35 per ounce.
	members.shaw.ca /beyondnootka/articles/big_interior.html (1492 words)

	CANOE Travel - Canada - Serious exertion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Strathcona Park, along with the hike to Della Falls, is a hidden jewel.
		Strathcona Park, along with the hike to Della Falls, is a hidden jewel located at the end of Great Central Lake not far from Port Alberni.
		The falls were discovered in 1899 by a prospector and trapper named Joe Drinkwater, who promptly named them after his wife.
	www.canoe.ca /Travel/Canada/BC/2003/10/31/243116.html (845 words)

	Della Falls Trail, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
		The Della Falls Trail near Port Alberni leads hikers from the head of Great Central Lake to the base of the highest waterfall in Canada (440 metres high, 1443 feet), a cascade from Della Lake.
		The last kilometre to Della Falls emerges from open old growth forest into an avalanche run-out zone to the base of the falls.
		A climb to the top of the falls is possible, but a little dangerous.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /trails?id=13 (746 words)

	Backpacking in Strathcona Park, Vancouver Island
		In the valley and lower regions of the park stand forests that were already old in 1778 when Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy landed at Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
		Della Falls, the highest waterfall in Canada with an overall drop of 440 metres in three cascades, is located in the southern section of the park.
		Nearly eight times higher than Niagara Falls and amongst the top ten highest falls in the world, Della Falls are only seen by the few adventurers who undertake the arduous hike through Strathcona Provincial Park.
	www.outdoortravels.com /hiking_cnda_overview_strathcona.html (1001 words)

	Res (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Examples of this type of waterfall are the Multnomah Falls in Oregon and the Yosemite Falls in California.
		The most famous waterfalls are the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in Africa, the Iguassu Falls on the Parana River in South America and the Niagara Falls on the border of Canada and the USA.
		Niagara Falls, on the other hand, is acknowledged as one of the world's greatest cataracts because of the estimated mean annual flow of 6 000 m3/s.
	www.chemenviron.com /c/back-edit-4-03.htm (1218 words)

	falls creek
		Falls Creek is a ski resort in north-eastern Victoria, Australia.
		It is located about 300 kilometres by road from Melbourne in the Alpine National Park, with the nearest town Mount Beauty, approximately 30 kilometres away at the foot of the ranges.
		Falls Creek, with its higher altitude, is regarded as having better runs for proficient skiiers than Mount Buffalo or Mount Buller and ranks with Mount Hotham as Victoria's best.
	www.fact-library.com /falls_creek.html (296 words)

	WaterFalls of Canada : Map
		Della Falls, Takakkaw Falls and Hunlen Falls are all over 1000 feet high.
		Alexandra Falls, and Virginia Falls in the far northwest are both around 100 meters wide, over 30 meters high, and north of the 60th parallel, making them true "Niagaras of the North".
		Churchill Falls in the far north east is also a large waterfall, although much of its water has been diverted for hydroelectric power.
	gowaterfalling.com /waterfalls/maps/canada.shtml (186 words)

	Della Falls -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Despite the fall of Napoleon, France, Austria, and Spain continued to support the papacy in its control over Rome and the Papal States.
		Members of the Della Robbia family were artists and craftsmen who lived in Florence, Italy, during the 15th and 16th centuries.
		One of the great artists of the early Italian Renaissance, Piero della Francesca painted religious works that are marked by their simple serenity and clarity.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9029837?tocId=9029837 (878 words)

	The KICKING HORSE RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The final climb to Twin Falls, on the Little Yoho Valley Trail, is a steep one, but on the way you can take short side trips to view the Angel's Staircase, a 300 metre cascading creek, and Point Lace Falls, a 13.5 metre curtain waterfall covering a cliff face below Duchesnay Lake.
		The Twin Falls are 177 metres in height.
		Wapta Falls has the largest volume of water of all waterfalls in Yoho National Park; they also have the distinction of being close to the spot where Kicking Horse Pass explorer James Hector was knocked unconscious by his horse.
	www.greatcanadianrivers.com /rivers/kicking/recreation-home.html (2004 words)

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