Pocahontas, Canada Tourism

Just 50 km (31 mi.) north of Jasper, the Miette Hot Springs road branches off the Yellowhead Highway at Pocahontas, a few miles before the eastern entrance to the park. Coal deposits were discovered at Pocahontas in 1908 and mined for about ten years after the railway line was completed in 1911. All that now remains of the Pocahontas mine are a