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    Lake Minnewanka ( /ˌmɪnəˈwɑːŋkə/) ("Water of the Spirits" in Nakoda) is a glacial lake in the eastern area of Banff National Park in Canada, about five...
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    National Park are still known by their Stoney Nakoda names such as Lake Minnewanka and the Waputik Range. Cave and Basin served as an important cultural...
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    different types of lakes in Alberta, from glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies to small shallow lakes in the prairies, brown water lakes in the northern...
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    immediately west of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka. The mountain was named in 1886 by park superintendent George A. Stewart...
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    storage reservoir was also created within Banff National Park in 1912 at Lake Minnewanka. Despite this additional reservoir and both plants, Calgary Power still...
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    north of Lake Minnewanka. Mountains rise to 3,400 metres (11,000 ft). The area has rugged mountains, glacier-carved valleys, mountain lakes, and alpine...
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  • 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...
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    immediately southeast of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka. The mountain was named in 1884 by George Dawson after Indigenous guide...
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  • December 12, 2020 – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. "The Salt Lake herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, November 12, 1901, Image 1". November 12...
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    Alberta, Canada. It originates in the Canadian Rockies, flows through Lake Minnewanka, and in turn, joins the Bow River. The Cascade River is formed from...
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    Sulphur Mountain is also the location of the Banff Upper Hot Springs. Lake Minnewanka located six minutes north of the townsite is a day-use area with a...
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    Range, Mount Kidd View from Medicine Lake View from Sulphur Mountain View from Lake Minnewanka View from Waterton Lake of Mount Richards A section of the...
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  • business and took on several heavy construction projects including the Lake Minnewanka Dam and Seebe Dam. In 1936 he formed the firm Fred Mannix & Co. Limited...
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    Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka. The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway...
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  • Cree and Dene meaning “our land.” Lake Minnewanka: "Water of the Spirits" in Sioux (Nakoda/Stoney language) Lily Lake—name is translation of Indigenous...
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    demonstrated by the creation of Bankhead, a coal town on the road to Lake Minnewanka. This coal town was not viewed as a detriment to the overall scenery...
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    adjacent to the Upper Bankhead parking lot. Bankhead is located on the Lake Minnewanka road, just a few minutes drive from the Banff townsite or the Trans...
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  • passing through another interchange providing access to Banff and Lake Minnewanka. The highway then continues south along the benchlands above the Bow...
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    the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka. John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme...
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    part of the East Banff Ranges of the Central Front Canadian Rockies. Lake Minnewanka marks the southern boundary of the range while the Bare Range marks...
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    Alberta, Canada. Mount Costigan is located north of the eastern end of Lake Minnewanka, on the boundary shared by Banff National Park with Ghost River Wilderness...
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    leadership projects completed included the first storage reservoir at Lake Minnewanka, a second transmission line to Calgary, and the construction of the...
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    Mount Girouard, which is located in the Bow River Valley south of Lake Minnewanka, Fairholme Range, in Banff National Park, Alberta. was named in his...
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  • remotely controlling water flow from the Spray, Ghost, Kananaskis, Lake Minnewanka, Brazeau, North Saskatchewan, and other watersheds, so that power could...
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    Banff National Park above Lake Minnewanka. It was named after Charles D'Oyley Astley, who ran the boat concession on the lake in the late 1800s. Mount...
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    Anyone who reaches the summit is rewarded with not only a great view of Lake Minnewanka but also a summit registry box. Names collected in this box are entered...
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  • he was guided by Maskepetoon, the chief of the Wetaskiwin Cree, via Lake Minnewanka to the present site of Banff, Alberta where the Spray River joins with...
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  • abundance and enjoying the journey with great relish." Going through Lake Minnewanka, they eventually reached where the Spray and Bow rivers meet. Following...
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    TransAlta diverted some flow of the North Ghost into Lake Minnewanka to augment the natural catchment of the lake. The diversion dam was rendered inoperable after...
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  • construction of hydroelectric dams in places such as Waterton Lake, the Spray Lakes, and Lake Minnewanka. This put the ACC at the forefront of conservation groups...
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