Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Alberta

A memory of our trip to the Canadian Rockies in 2016. One of our day’s out was to explore the Jasper National Park in which this lake lies. The weather as I took this was cool and very cloudy but as soon as we got on the bus to leave, the sun came out with beautiful blue skies that would have turned the water to a magnificent azure blue in colour. In the distant water lies a very nice Island, I believe, called Spirit Island. Three glaciers can be seen from the lake in the surrounding peaks. The lake at a surface elevation of 1670m is 22.5km long and covers an area of almost 20 square km Nice full screen, enjoy the day.

A glance back to May 2016 and our trip to the Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. Lake Agnes, described as a small mountain lake is a 3.5km hike above the famous Lake Louise (pip). A teahouse is situated along the eastern shore at an elevation of 2134 metres (but unfortunately it was closed when we got here.) The lake was so called 'Lake in the Clouds by the 'Stoney Indians'. The present name stems from two famous lady visitors: Agnes Knox -the first white woman to visit the lake and then Lady Agnes Macdonald, wife of Canada's first prime minister who visited a few days later. Oh to have had the time to traverse the path seen here on the right bank but we soon had to turn tail and dash back to our hotel by the greater Lake Louise.. HFF, enjoy the weekend.