We drove back into British Columbia to visit Yoho National Park and had lunch in Field, which is inside the park. Then we drove to Takakkaw Falls. Here is a view of the falls from the road in and from the parking lot:
The trail gave us a closer view even when far away and then we found the river full of silt:
Then we made it to the falls:
Video of falls (WMV 699KB) added 25-Mar-2009
Back in the parking lot we saw this guy:
Takakkaw Falls was worth going to visit. It is 17 miles from Field to Lake Louise, so it's closer than Banff which is about 35 miles.