The Wapta ice fields are a series of glaciers popular with climbers on the border of
Alberta and
British Columbia in
Yoho National Park in the
Canadian Rockies. The
Burgess shale animal ''
Waptia
''Waptia fieldensis'' is an extinct species of arthropod from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale ''Lagerstätte'' of Canada. It grew to a length of , and had a large bivalved carapace and a segmented body terminating into a pair of tail flaps. I ...
'' takes its name from these features.
Their meltwater feeds the nearby Wapta falls.
References
Glaciers of Alberta
Glaciers of British Columbia
Yoho National Park
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