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Lake Louise.
- Article from:
- Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Anyone who has seen photos of the Canadian Rockies has likely seen Lake Louise. The Rockies' famous turquoise glacial lake has been avidly photographed for more than a century. Viewed from the grandiose Chateau Lake Louise, Mount Victoria and the Victoria Glacier loom at the opposite end of the lake.
The Chateau sits on glacial moraine that created a natural dam and formed the lake thousands of years ago. Although relatively small, two km (1.2 miles) long and a half-km (.3 miles) wide, 70 m (230 feet) deep at its maximum, it is one of the deeper lakes in the Rockies. Glacial melt keeps the lake at a frigid temperature (an average of about 8[degrees]Celsius or ...