# Overlander Falls

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{{Short description|Waterfall in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox waterfall
| name = Overlander Falls
| photo = Overlander Falls Fraser River.jpg
| photo_caption = Overlander Falls
| location = [Mount Robson Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Robson_Provincial_Park), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada)
| coords = {{coord|53|02|00|N|119|12|00|W|display=inline,title}}
| type = Block
| height = {{cvt|9|m|ft}}<ref name=WWD>{{Cite web|title=Overlander Falls, British Columbia, Canada - World Waterfall Database|url=https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Overlander-Falls-2372|access-date=2020-11-03|website=www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com|language=en}}</ref>
| number_drops = 1
| average_width = {{cvt|18|m|ft}}<ref name=WWD/>
| width = {{cvt|23|m|ft}}<ref name=WWD/>
| watercourse = [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River)
| average_flow = {{cvt|79|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=WWD/>
}}
'''Overlander Falls''' is a [waterfall](/source/waterfall) on the [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) in [Mount Robson Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Robson_Provincial_Park), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. It is popular for [kayak](/source/kayak)ers. The falls are reached by a short walking trail which starts on the Yellowhead Highway {{convert|2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} east of the Mount Robson visitor centre.<ref>{{BCGNIS|15129|Overlander Falls}}</ref><ref>[http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/bc_waterfall.php?num=341&p=0 Overlander Falls | Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest]</ref>
The waterfall is named for the Overlanders expedition of 1862. A group of 175 men and 1 woman from Ontario travelled across the prairies and through the Rocky Mountains, intending to reach the [Barkerville](/source/Barkerville) or Cariboo goldfields. Just west of Overlander Falls, the group split. About half continued down the Fraser River, eventually reaching Barkerville in late fall of 1862, but over a year had elapsed since Billy Barker's gold strike and there were no claims left to stake. The other half abandoned their dreams of gold and rafted down the [North Thompson River](/source/North_Thompson_River) to [Fort Kamloops](/source/Fort_Kamloops).<ref>Metcalf, Vicky (1970). ''Journey Fantastic: With the Overlanders to the Cariboo''</ref>
thumb|250px|left|Rapids on Fraser River below Overlander Falls

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== See also ==
*[List of waterfalls](/source/List_of_waterfalls)
*[List of waterfalls in British Columbia](/source/List_of_waterfalls_in_British_Columbia)
*[Rearguard Falls](/source/Rearguard_Falls)
*[Overlander Mountain](/source/Overlander_Mountain)

==References==
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Category:Waterfalls of British Columbia
Category:Fraser River
Category:Cariboo Land District

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