The Whirlpool River is a short river in Jasper National Park , Alberta , Canada . It is an early tributary of the Athabasca River .
4-785: The Whirlpool is formed in Athabasca Pass , collecting meltwater from the Hooker Icefield and the Mount Brown Icefield. It flows north, collecting the Middle Whirlpool River before passing under Alberta Highway 93A and flowing into the Athabasca River south of Jasper . The Moab Lake Road parallels the Whirlpool near its confluence with the Athabasca River. The Whirlpool was named by Sir James Hector in 1859. He noted
8-578: A tributary of the Columbia River to the south. Athabasca Pass is first mentioned in the historical record in the papers of British explorer David Thompson , who was shown the route in 1811 by an Iroquois man named Thomas. It became a major point on the fur trade route between Rupert's Land and the Columbia District , used by the York Factory Express . and in recognition of that usage
12-534: The Athabasca River with Boat Encampment on the Columbia River . The pass lies between Mount Brown and McGillivray Ridge . It is south of Yellowhead Pass and north of Howse Pass . The Committee's Punch Bowl , a glacial lake on the continental divide at the summit of the pass, is the headwaters of the Whirlpool River , a tributary of the Athabasca River . It also has an outlet to Pacific Creek ,
16-511: The presence of many eddies in the river. This article related to a river in Alberta , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Athabasca Pass Athabasca Pass (el. 1,753 m or 5,751 ft) is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the border between Alberta and British Columbia . In fur trade days it connected Jasper House on
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