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        RAFTING ON THE ATHABASCA RIVER

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Bairdstravel went rafting with Jasper Raft tours .

Scott took our party. He is very experienced and knew

the river very well.  We had great fun and all went home

with wet backsides .The scenery was suberb .

The Athabasca River originates from the Columbia Glacier

of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in Alberta.

The impressive and scenic Athabasca Falls

is located upstream about 30 km (19 mi) from  Jasper.

Athabasca River originates at the toe of the Athabasca Glacier, between Mount Columbia, Snow Dome and the Sir Winston Churchill Range, in Jasper National Park, at an altitude of approximately 1,600 meters (5,249 ft). To book http://www.jasperrafttours.com/raft-trip-jasper.html

The river flows along icefields, through gorges, offers wildlife habitat on its shores and adjacent marshes. National and provincial parks were established to protect this habitats and landscapes, such as Jasper National Park, Sundance Provincial Park, Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park, Obed Lake Provincial Park, William A. Switzer Provincial Park.

The river also crosses the southeast limits of Wood Buffalo National Park, where its course is marked by rapids, impeding navigation north of Fort McMurray.

The Athabasca River travels 1,231 km (765 mi) before draining into the Peace-Athabasca Delta near Lake Athabasca, south of Fort Chipewyan and Wood Buffalo National Park. From there, its waters flow north as Slave River into the Great Slave Lake, which discharges through the Mackenzie River system into the Arctic Ocean.