Pocahontas is located in Alberta
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Location of Pocahontas Alberta

Pocahontas is a former coal mining community in Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park) within Alberta's Rockies. It is on Highway 16, approximately 38 km (24 mi) northeast of Jasper, at the junction that provides access to Miette Hot Springs.

Named after Pocahontas, Virginia, also a coal mining town, which itself in turn was named after Pocahontas the person.[1][2]

Currently on the area of the former community is a campground, a hotel,[3] and a trail through the last remaining structures of the former community.[4] Pocahontas campground is operated by Parks Canada, reservable online. It has 140 sites, allowing units up to 8.2 m (27 ft).[5]

See also

53°12′18″N 117°55′34″W / 53.20500°N 117.92611°W / 53.20500; -117.92611 (Pocahontas)

References

  1. ↑ "Jasper Yellowhead Historical Society Pocahontas Photograph Collection - Alberta On Record". albertaonrecord.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  2. ↑ Marden, Ernest G.; Marden, Austin (2010). Community Place Names of Alberta. Lulu.com. p. 265. ISBN 978-1897472170. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pocahontas Cabins Official Page - Cozy family cabins in Jasper, AB". www.banffjaspercollection.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  4. ↑ "Pocahontas Mine trail, a trail in AB, Canada, on trailpeak.com". trailpeak.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  5. ↑ Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2017-02-17). "Pocahontas Campground - Jasper National Park". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-18.


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