Lake Louise
| Lake Louise | ||
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| View across the lake to the hotel | ||
| Geographical location | Banff National Park , Alberta (Canada) | |
| Drain | Louise Creek → Bow River | |
| Location close to the shore | Banff | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 24 '42 " N , 116 ° 13' 41" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1750 m | |
| surface | 90 ha | |
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| View from the hotel | ||
The Lake Louise is a lake in the Canadian province of Alberta in Banff National Park . The turquoise-blue color of the lake comes from rock flour , which is washed into the lake by glacial melt water and is also known as rock flour or glacial flour .
Lake Louise is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta , a daughter of Queen Victoria .
The village of Lake Louise is located beside the Trans-Canada Highway , 180 km west of Calgary . Behind Lake Louise there are some snow-capped mountains such as Mount Temple (3543 m), Mount Whyte (2983 m) and Mount Niblock (2976 m). The Lake Louise ski area is located on Mount Whitehorn above the lake.
The Château Lake Louise , a five-star hotel, is located on the eastern shore of the lake . It was built as a modest chalet in 1890 and later expanded into a two-story hotel that became a center for climbing expeditions. A fire in 1924 destroyed the castle hotel, which was replaced by the structure that still exists today. Many hiking trails start directly at the castle hotel.
The lake and the surrounding area is a place for recreational activities such as hiking , climbing , skiing and canoeing . Ski races organized by the FIS regularly take place in the associated ski area, usually downhill and Super-G as part of the Alpine Ski World Cup (see Alpine Ski World Cup in Lake Louise ).
Habbakuk project
During the Second World War , experiments with Pykrete and ice were carried out here for the Habbakuk project , a British plan for an aircraft carrier from Pykrete .
Web links
- Banff Lake Louise Tourism (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lake Louise: Top ski area, dream landscape and top hotels. Retrieved on June 4, 2018 (German).