Maligne Lake
| Maligne Lake | ||
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| Spirit Island in Maligne Lake | ||
| Geographical location | Jasper National Park , Alberta , Canada | |
| Tributaries | Maligne River | |
| Drain | Maligne River → Athabasca River | |
| Islands | Spirit Island | |
| Location close to the shore | Jasper | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 52 ° 40 ′ N , 117 ° 33 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1670 m | |
| surface | 19.71 km² | |
| length | 21.6 km | |
| width | 1.45 km | |
The Maligne Lake ( [məliːn leɪk] ) is a lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta , Canada , about 50 km south of the town of Jasper .
The lake lies at an altitude of 1670 m , has a surface of almost 20 km², an average depth of 100 m and a shore length of 45 km. It is fed with glacial water by the Maligne River , a tributary of the Athabasca River , and its temperature never rises above 4 ° C. In the lake lies Spirit Island, one of the landmarks of the Canadian Rockies .
The "discovery" of the lake is attributed to Mary Schaffer in 1908, who was looking for a lake on the upper reaches of the Athabasca called Chaba Imne (beaver lake) by the Indians and who had received a rough sketch of the location from the Stoney Indian Samson Beaver. However, Henry McLeod, a participant in a CPR expedition, was the first member of a non- indigenous people to see the lake in 1875.
Populations of rainbow trout and brook trout live in Maligne Lake . In the area around the oligotrophic lake with few nutrients and therefore low organic production, grizzlies , black bears , mule deer , reindeer , wolves , elk , mountain goats and bighorn sheep can be found in summer . Bald eagles and ospreys feed on the lake's fish population.
Boat House on Maligne Lake
Frozen Maligne Lake
Web links
- Maligne Lake - Jasper National Park Canadian Rockies Attraction (English)
- Map of Maligne Valley (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peakfinder: Mary Schaffer , accessed on April 29, 2019, English