Fiddle River
Introduction


The **Fiddle River** is a medium\-sized [tributary](/wiki/Tributary "Tributary") of the [Athabasca River](/wiki/Athabasca_River "Athabasca River"), flowing into the river near the east gate of [Jasper National Park](/wiki/Jasper_National_Park "Jasper National Park") in Alberta, Canada. The Fiddle River forms at the base of Fiddle Pass, with meltwater from [Mount Bryant](/wiki/Mount_Bryant "Mount Bryant"), [Mount Gregg](/wiki/Mount_Gregg "Mount Gregg"), [Mount Sir Harold Mitchel](/wiki/Mount_Sir_Harold_Mitchel "Mount Sir Harold Mitchel"), and [Mount Barry](/wiki/Mount_Barry "Mount Barry"). The river flows in a general northeast direction before its [confluence](/wiki/Confluence "Confluence") with the Athabasca. The Fiddle River parallels the road to the popular Miette Hotsprings for a portion of its course.Mussio Ventures (2004\). *Central Alberta Backroad Mapbook.* Burnaby: Mussio Ventures.

There are two competing stories for the naming of the Fiddle River (as well as Fiddle Peak, Fiddle Pass, and the [Fiddle Range](/wiki/Fiddle_Range "Fiddle Range")). The first contends that wind flowing over the Fiddle Range with a certain speed and direction mimicks the sound of a \#4 [fiddle](/wiki/Fiddle "Fiddle") string. The second story argues that the outline of the range resembles that of a [violin](/wiki/Violin "Violin"). The name Fiddle River first appeared in 1846\.Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991\). *Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1*. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pg. 87


What other geographical features are mentioned near Jasper National Park?