Falls of the Pool

British Columbia. falls: Fraser River drainage
S of Emperor Falls, Robson River
53°07’00” N 119°12’00” W — Map 83E/3 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BCCanada

On the Robson River below Emperor Falls, Arthur Wheeler in 1911 described “a second big fall of 150 feet. It suggests the name of the ‘Fall of the Pool.’ Two-thirds of the way down is a tiny pool in the rock into which the water leaps; the lower part is more broken.”

References:

  • Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The mountains of the Yellowhead Pass.” Alpine Journal, Vol. 26, No.198 (1912):382

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