Reflections
In the morning.
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Bow Lake is a calm turquoise lake on the Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rockies, ringed by pine forest and tall rocky mountains, with the Bow Glacier visible between the peaks at its far end. It lies at 1,920 m, covers about 3.2 square kilometres and is the lake closest to the source of the Bow River. Its water is meltwater from the Bow Glacier, and its turquoise colour comes from fine glacial silt. It is one of a chain of lakes along the parkway between Banff and Jasper, with Lake Louise and Peyto Lake. A historic red-roofed timber lodge stands on its shore. You stop on the shore to see the mountains reflected on calm mornings, and some visitors walk a trail along the lake towards Bow Glacier Falls at its head. It is about 34 km in a straight line northwest of Lake Louise. The water is very cold, and the lake is frozen from about November to June.
In the morning.
At the head.
On the shore.
Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta
Usually in June.
Yes, a Parks Canada pass.