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  2. Lake Louise, Alberta - Wikipedia

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    Lake Louise is a hamlet within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Named after Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, it lies in Alberta's Rockies on the Bow River, 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the lake that shares its name. Initially settled in 1884 as an outpost for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Lake Louise sits at an elevation of 1,600 m ...

  3. Lake Louise (Alberta) - Wikipedia

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    Lake Louise (named Ho-run-num-nay (Lake of the Little Fishes) by the Stoney Nakoda First Nations people) [1][2] is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Situated 11 km (6.8 mi) east of the border with British Columbia, Lake Louise is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway ...

  4. Banff National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Icefields Parkway is a 230-kilometre-long (140 mi) [36] road connecting Lake Louise to Jasper, Alberta. The Parkway originates at Lake Louise, and extends north up the Bow Valley, past Hector Lake, which is the largest natural lake in the park. [35] Other scenic lakes near the parkway include Bow Lake, and Peyto Lakes, both north of Hector ...

  5. Crasher Squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The photograph was taken by Melissa Brandts and her husband Jackson while visiting Lake Minnewanka at Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, in May 2009.While the couple were posing on some rocks next to the lake using a camera with a wireless remote shutter release to take photos of themselves, a golden-mantled ground squirrel [1] began exploring the area.

  6. Valley of the Ten Peaks - Wikipedia

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    Moraine Creek. Valley of the Ten Peaks (French: Vallée des Dix Pics) is a valley in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is crowned by ten notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near Lake Louise. The ten peaks were originally named by Samuel Allen, an early explorer ...

  7. Chateau Lake Louise - Wikipedia

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    www.chateau-lake-louise.com. The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise is a Fairmont hotel on the eastern shore of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta. The original hotel was gradually developed at the turn of the 20th century by the Canadian Pacific Railway and was thus "kin" to its predecessors, the Banff Springs Hotel and the Château Frontenac.

  8. Lake Agnes (Alberta) - Wikipedia

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    Lake Agnes is a small mountain lake in the Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. It has a surface area of 0.052 km 2 and is located approximately 3.5 km [1] (one-way) hiking distance from Lake Louise. A teahouse is situated along the eastern shore at an elevation of 2134 metres [2] (7002 ft). A hiking trail continues down the northern shore ...

  9. Men's Olympic Downhill (East Summit) - Wikipedia

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    Lindsey Vonn (4x) Men's Olympic / East Summit is a World Cup downhill ski course in Canada on the Mount Whitehorn in Lake Louise, Alberta. The race course debuted in 1980. [1] [2] Part of Lake Louise Ski Resort, the course has hosted 82 women's World Cup events (third all-time) and 45 events for men (13th all-time).