Lake Louise is an extraordinarily beautiful place

Lake Louise is located in Banff National Park in Canada, in the south of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The area of the lake is 0.8 sq. km, the length is about 2 kilometers, the width is 0.5 km. The water in it acquired its unusual bright color thanks to the rock brought by streams from glaciers. At first, the lake was called Emerald, but later it was renamed Lake Louise, in honor of Princess Louise, the daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Governor-General of the Canadian colonies of Great Britain.

In 1882, Tom Wilson, one of the specialists who built the Canadian Pacific Railway in the area of the town of Laggan (the former name of the Lake Louise station), once heard a distant noise, and an Indian guide explained to him that this hum was made by a huge "white mountain" towering over "a lake with small fish".

When Tom Wilson went there the next morning, he found a beautiful lake surrounded by majestic Rocky Mountains, with snow-capped peaks and bright green forests on picturesque slopes. He later recalled: "For a while we sat and were silent, unable to take our eyes off the brilliant beauty of the landscape that unfolded by the sparkling glacier."

Near the lake there is a greater number of small lakes, waterfalls and paths to them.

The ecology is not bad here, and there are a lot of wildlife in the vicinity of the lake.

There are a number of hotels, campsites and tourist bases in the lake area.

The largest of the local hotels is the five–star Fairmont Chateau on the shore of Lake Louise.

Banff National Park Alberta Canada

The local tourism industry offers entertainment for every taste: hiking, horseback riding and cycling routes, golf, tennis, dog sledding and ice skating, mountaineering, canoeing, rafting. A large ski resort is located next to the lake (the season is from early November to mid-May).

Residents of nearby cities have chosen this picturesque place for weddings.

If you decide to visit these places, you will first have to get by plane to Calgary, and then by bus (3 hours drive) to the village of Lake Louise and the lake. The railway leading here is now closed to standard passenger transport, but special tourist trains run along it, from the windows of which you can admire the beauty of Banff Park.