The area around the community of Field is where everything is happening in Yoho National Park. In this wide valley that’s dominated by the Kicking Horse River floodplain, you’ll find the park’s visitor center, the town of Field, and the turnoffs for Emerald Lake and Takkakaw Falls. Field is a former railroad town, developed by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It needed crews here, to operate the “helper” engines necessary to get trains up and over Kicking Horse Pass. Nowadays, Field is a nice little tourist town, with a motel… … and some restaurants and shops scattered along its one-lane streets. […]