Patricia Lake, Alberta
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| Geographical location | Jasper National Park , Alberta , Canada | |
| Drain | → Athabasca River | |
| Location close to the shore | Jasper | |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ N , 118 ° 6 ′ 7 ″ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1180 m | |
The Patricia Lake is a lake in Jasper National Park in the Canadian province of Alberta near the Pyramid Lake and the Pyramid Mountain . The lake is named after Princess Patricia of Connaught , a granddaughter of the British Queen Victoria , and is located at an altitude of about 1180 m .
Along with Maligne Lake , Medicine Lake and Pyramid Lake, the lake is one of the region's tourist attractions.
Habbakuk project
During the Second World War , tests were carried out here with small prototypes made from ordinary ice for the Habbakuk project , a British plan for an aircraft carrier from Pykrete .
Web links
Commons : Patricia Lake - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mennonite Historian, Vol XXIX, No. September 3 , 2003, accessed July 16, 2019 .