The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
enjoyed Sunwapta Falls
in Alberta, Canada
(33 miles from Jasper, Canada)
August 1, 2015 and August 26, 2009

NOTE: Most of the photos below are from 2009 (the smaller photos), but a few have been added from 2015 (the bigger photos). Karen Duquette did not take many new photos in 2015 because there was not much change in the falls. Remember to adjust your monitor % if the words or photos are not fitting pages on this site properly.
Sunwapta Falls is 33 miles from the town of Jasper. Sunwapta means "turbulent river" in the language of the Stoney Nation, which is a great description for this unpredictable water plummeting over the cliffs into a deep canyon.
sign - Sunwapta Falls
sign: Sunwapta Falls
There are many ways to view Sunwapta Falls: from the viewing bridge - the view is quite different on each side of the bridge, or you can be on a lower cliff to the right of the bridge, or on a higher cliff to the left of the bridge.
viewing bridge at Sunwapta Falls
Below: The top of the falls as it comes around a small island
the top of Sunwapta Falls
the top of Sunwapta Falls
Below: The left side of the small island
the left side of the water before it hits the falls
Below - This photo was taken from the bridge and shows people viewing the top of the falls from the lower cliff. Notice the small round rock and the tall rock in the middle of the falls.
photo of Sunwapta Falls from the bridge
photo of Sunwapta Falls from the bridge
Below - closer views of the two rocks in the photos above
close-up of the rock in the middle of the falls
close-up of the rock in the middle of the falls
Sunwapta Falls - 2015
Sunwapta Falls - 2015
Sunwapta Falls - 2015
close-up of the rock in the middle of the falls
close-up of the rock in the middle of the falls
close-up of the rock in the middle of the falls
close-up of the rock in the middle of the falls
the two RV Gypsies at Sunwapta Falls 2015
Below - a closer view of the area just below the two rocks - and just before the water goes under the viewing bridge to the other side by the tall cliffs.
the falls just before going under the bridge
the falls just before going under the bridge
Below: A view of the water after it goes under the bridge towards the tall cliffs
view from the other side of the bridge
 Sunwapta Falls
then the water continued to flow between two cliffs
the water between 2 cliffs
 Sunwapta Falls
Below: The trail that goes from the bridge to the top of the cliff shown above
the viewing bridge and a trail to the upper clif
trail to the upper cliff
Below: Looking back at the bridge from the upper cliff
Looking back at the bridge from the upper cliff
Looking back at the bridge from the upper cliff
bridge and falls
Looking back at the bridge from the upper cliff
fast flowing falls
Below: looking straight down from the upper cliff
looking straight down from the upper cliff
looking straight down from the upper cliff
looking straight down from the upper cliff
The photo below shows people at the top of the upper cliff looking down at the bridge. Karen Duquette took this photo from a curve on the upper cliff.
people on the upper cliff
Below: Looking down from the upper cliff to see the water flowing to a place unseen.
looking down
the river flows away
The photo below shows the bridge and the start of a hiking trail that probably leads to many more different views of the water. The two RV Gypsies did not choose to hike the trail.
bridge and hiking trail
look below

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