{{Infobox river | name = Snaring River | image = SnaringRiverAB1.JPG | image_size = 280px | image_caption = The Snaring River in Jasper National Park | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Alberta | source1_location = Colonel Pass | source1_coordinates= {{coord|53|04|56|N|118|42|28|W|region:CA-AB}} | mouth_location = Athabasca River | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|53|00|50|N|118|04|31|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} | length = | source1_elevation = {{convert|1084|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|1039|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }}
[[Image:SnaringRiverAB2.JPG|left|thumb|200px|The Snaring River near its confluence with the Athabasca River]]The '''Snaring River''' is a medium-sized river in the Canadian Rockies. It runs through parts of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The Snaring River is a significant tributary of the Athabasca River. The Snaring is named after a former local tribe of first nations people who lived in dugouts and trapped animals with snares.<ref>Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991). ''Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1''. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pg. 228</ref>
==Course== The Snaring River rises in the northwestern section of Jasper National Park, near the British Columbia border. It flows east-southeast before joining the Athabasca River. The Snaring is fed by meltwater of numerous peaks, including Mount McCord, Mount Beaupré, Mount Knight, Mount Rutherford, and Snaring Mountain. The small Harvey Lake also drains into the Snaring.<ref>Mussio Ventures. ''Central Alberta Backroad Mapbook.'' Burnaby: Backroad Mapbooks (2002)</ref> A campground run by Parks Canada is on the Snaring near the Yellowhead Highway.<ref name=pc>{{cite web|url=https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/activ/passez-stay/camping#snaring|title=Tent and RV Camping - Jasper National Park|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=2023-02-19}}</ref>
==See also== {{Commons category}} * List of rivers of Alberta
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Category:Rivers of Alberta Category:Jasper National Park