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-5-serves hikers in the Lake O'Hara area . As well as these, there are primitivecampsites along the many trails in Yoho . There are also several picnic areas alon gthe highway .Access to Yoho is by means of the C .P .R . which has a station at Field andby the Trans Canada Highway which follows the Kicking Horse River through Yoho .Motorized transportation is limited to the main roads which include the highway, th eroad to Takakkaw Falls and the road to Emerald Lake .Field is the only town which is located within Yoho National Park . It startedas a small settlement of railway workers and slowly grew to its present size . The sizeof the town has been severely limited by the steep mountain walls behind it and bystrict Parks legislation contolling its growth .Yoho National Park has some of the most magnificent scenery to be see nanywhere, including such attractions as Takakkaw Falls,EmeraId Lake, the Lak eO'Hara area . With attractions like these, Yoho National Park is being subjected toever higher numbers of tourists each year, and it is becoming increasingly important tha twe have an inventory of the natural resources upon which to base planning an dmanagement decisions .