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Bow Lake is a small lake in western Alberta, Canada.It is located on the Bow River, in the Canadian Rockies, at an altitude of 1920 m.. The lake lies south of the Bow Summit, east of the Waputik Range (views including Wapta Icefield, Bow Glacier, Bow Peak, Mount Thompson, Crowfoot Glacier and Crowfoot Mountain) and west of the Dolomite Pass, Dolomite Peak and Cirque Peak.
The lake is best seen from Bow Summit, the highest point on the Icefields Parkway. [4] The lake is fed by Peyto Creek, which drains water from Caldron Lake and Peyto Glacier (part of the Wapta Icefield). Peyto Lake is the origin of the Mistaya River, [5] which heads northwest from the lake's outflow. Peyto Lake seen from Bow Summit
The Vermilion Lakes are a series of lakes located immediately west of Banff, Alberta, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.. The three lakes are formed in the Bow River valley, in the Banff National Park, at the foot of Mount Norquay.
A reader asked: “Why has the water in McKinley Park pond been bright turquoise for the past ten days or so?”
Other scenic lakes near the parkway include Bow Lake, and Peyto Lakes, both north of Hector Lake. The Parkway then crosses Bow Summit (2,088 m (6,850 ft)), and follows the Mistaya River to Saskatchewan Crossing, where it converges with the Howse and North Saskatchewan River. Bow Summit is the highest elevation crossed by a public road in Canada ...
Bow Lake is one of several small lakes in the region, including Lake Burien and Angle Lake. These lakes formed as glaciers retreated during the Last Ice Age, and are spring-fed. Native Americans used these lakes for fishing and hunting waterfowl. [2] Before the airport was built, the area around the lake was largely rural.
Bow Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately 37 km (23 mi) northwest of Lake Louise. It can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway . Bow Glacier is an outflow glacier from the Wapta Icefield , which rests along the Continental Divide .
A fire near Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Pinto County has burned more than 500 acres over the last couple days, leaving eight homes destroyed. The 1148 fire is 15% contained as of Wednesday morning ...