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A snow-covered wooden railing on the shore of frozen Lake Louise in low winter sun, with forested mountain slopes on both sides and snowy glacier-covered peaks at the far end of the valley under a clear blue sky
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Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

Lake Louise: Banff's frozen turquoise lake

In winter Lake Louise freezes solid: you can walk right across it, and ice sculptures go up on the lake itself. Its Stoney Nakoda name, Ho-run-num-nay, means “Lake of the Little Fishes”. It was first called Emerald Lake in 1882, then renamed in 1884 for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. In summer, glacial rock flour is what turns it turquoise. It sits in Banff, founded in 1885 as Canada’s first national park.

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