Hello Hivers
Welcome to Lake Minnewanka, in Alberta, Canada.
Located a short drive from the very tourist busy town of Banff, so it is very busy during the Summer months. This day there were only a few people at the lake.
It has been occupied for thousands of years by Native people, the Stoney Nakoda Nation who have been hunting and fishing along the shore, there is archeological evidence dating back 10,000 years to the Clovis people.
A dam erected in 1941 due to the War Measures Act to provide electricity has raised the...
lake by almost 100' or 30 metres, and has made the lake up to 140 m deep in places. This has made scuba diving popular here, since a few buildings and pier has been flooded.
This is the only lake in the park that allows motor boating, but canoes, and kayaks are ....
rented as well. Being a glacial lake it is a bit cold for swimming.
There is a trail that runs along the shoreline and then leads to a mountain pass.
I didn't walk that far but did cover the length ....
of the lake. A nice mostly level, scenic hike. With the numerous mountains in the area, many hikes have a large elevation climb, but this is one of the more level ones with any climb being...
fairly gradual. It would be a good trail to mountain bike, with a few technical sections.
You notice the water hasn't frozen over yet, the wind blowing along the length of the lake, made it cold, and also there were some white caps on the water. That and the depth leaves it later in the year to freeze over.
Thanks for enjoying Lake Minnewanka with me.
