Virginia Falls

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Virginia Falls is a spectacular and powerful waterfall on the South Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories, renowned for its dramatic drop and remote wilderness setting.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Virginia Falls canonical 7
Nailicho (Virginia Falls) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf waterfall ⓘ
accessibleBy canoe ⓘ
floatplane ⓘ
whitewater raft ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceFromFortSimpson about 250 kilometres west ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1640 feet ⓘ
approximately 500 metres ⓘ
frozenInWinter partially ⓘ
governedBy Parks Canada ⓘ
hasAverageFlowRate approximately 1000 cubic metres per second ⓘ
approximately 37,000 cubic feet per second ⓘ
hasCampgroundNearby Virginia Falls campground ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasDropHeight about 315 feet ⓘ
about 96 metres ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Nailicho ⓘ
hasNearestAirstrip Virginia Falls Water Aerodrome ⓘ
hasNotableFeature deep canyon downstream ⓘ
large central rock outcrop dividing the falls ⓘ
remote wilderness setting ⓘ
hasType plunge waterfall ⓘ
segmented waterfall ⓘ
hasWidth about 259 metres ⓘ
about 850 feet ⓘ
indigenousNameLanguage South Slavey ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
isUpstreamOf First Canyon on the South Nahanni River ⓘ
linked to: South Nahanni River
isWithinUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Nahanni National Park ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
locatedInEcoregion Mackenzie Mountains ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Nahanni National Park Reserve ⓘ
locatedInRegion Dehcho Region ⓘ
locatedOnRiver South Nahanni River ⓘ
meaningOfIndigenousName big water falling down ⓘ
namedAfter Virginia Hunter ⓘ
partOf Nahanni River watershed ⓘ
linked to: South Nahanni River
popularForActivity backcountry hiking ⓘ
canoe tripping ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria natural criteria (vii)(viii)(ix)(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteDesignationYear 1978 ⓘ
watercourse South Nahanni River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nahanni National Park Reserve → hasNotableFeature → Nailicho (Virginia Falls) ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Falls
Nahanni National Park Reserve → knownFor → Virginia Falls ⓘ
South Nahanni River → hasFeature → Virginia Falls ⓘ
South Nahanni River → knownFor → Virginia Falls ⓘ
South Nahanni River → notableWaterfall → Virginia Falls ⓘ
St. Mary Valley → hasAttraction → Virginia Falls ⓘ