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... 6 KB (624 words) - 18:32, 27 September 2023 |
Banff National Park (section Lake Louise) 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... 87 KB (9,212 words) - 04:06, 9 April 2024 |
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... 23 KB (726 words) - 08:19, 12 April 2024 |
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... 4 KB (316 words) - 15:57, 15 April 2023 |
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... 9 KB (807 words) - 08:55, 29 February 2024 |
December 12, 2020 – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. "The Salt Lake herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, November 12, 1901, Image 1". November 12... 22 KB (1,227 words) - 15:20, 9 April 2024 |
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... 39 KB (2,469 words) - 16:13, 13 April 2024 |
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... 7 KB (861 words) - 02:00, 9 October 2022 |
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... 3 KB (211 words) - 18:52, 10 September 2023 |
Cree and Dene meaning “our land.” Lake Minnewanka: "Water of the Spirits" in Sioux (Nakoda/Stoney language) Lily Lake—name is translation of Indigenous... 86 KB (9,724 words) - 16:44, 5 March 2024 |
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... 43 KB (4,992 words) - 20:47, 12 April 2024 |
passing through another interchange providing access to Banff and Lake Minnewanka. The highway then continues south along the benchlands above the Bow... 39 KB (2,758 words) - 04:32, 20 March 2024 |
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... 3 KB (156 words) - 20:47, 25 August 2022 |
leadership projects completed included the first storage reservoir at Lake Minnewanka, a second transmission line to Calgary, and the construction of the... 69 KB (6,756 words) - 03:40, 17 April 2024 |
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... 20 KB (2,537 words) - 02:07, 12 February 2024 |
remotely controlling water flow from the Spray, Ghost, Kananaskis, Lake Minnewanka, Brazeau, North Saskatchewan, and other watersheds, so that power could... 16 KB (1,436 words) - 17:07, 11 June 2023 |
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... 3 KB (240 words) - 03:50, 16 August 2021 |
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... 4 KB (692 words) - 16:44, 25 November 2023 |
abundance and enjoying the journey with great relish." Going through Lake Minnewanka, they eventually reached where the Spray and Bow rivers meet. Following... 22 KB (2,731 words) - 17:24, 29 April 2023 |
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... 30 KB (3,740 words) - 08:38, 26 October 2023 |