Lake Minnewanka Banff II

by Joan Carroll

Title

Lake Minnewanka Banff II

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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The summer golden hour on Lake Minnewanka was quiet and peaceful and it was a joy to watch the changing light and shadows on the mountains as the sun went down. Lake Minnewanka is a glacial lake only a few miles from the town of Banff in Banff National Park in Alberta Canada. Its name means "Water of the Spirits" in Nakoda and was believed to be haunted by the spirits of the dead. Thus early European settlers named it Devil's Lake. The lake is 21 km (13 mi) long and 142 m (466 ft) deep, making it the longest lake in the mountain parks of the Canadian Rockies. The lake is fed by the Cascade River, as well as numerous streams flowing down the surrounding mountains. It has been dammed three times, the last time in 1941 when it submerged the summer settlement of Minnewanka Landing. Maybe those spirits still haunt the area. The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho along with three provincial parks comprise a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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joan carroll, lakes, landscape, panorama, mountain, blue, rockies, forest, rocky, trees, water, wilderness, sky,

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