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Maligne Lake

Stunning Maligne Lake, where Spirit Island is located, is the second largest glacier-fed lake in the world. Maligne, which means malignant or wicked in French, was the rather blunt term 19th century missionary Father Pierre-Jean de Smett first used to describe the treacherous river that flows from the lake. The name stuck and also came to refer to the lake, canyon, pass, mountain and range.

That afternoon was magic, Maligne Lake is the biggest lake of the Canadian Rockies and that particular day the entire lake was like a mirror reflecting everything across its surface.

 

Maligne Lake es el lago mas grande de las Rocosas Canadiense, es el segundo lago en el mundo que es alimentado por un Glacier. Esa tarde en particular el lago estaba como un espejo. Todas las fotos fueron tomadas desde un barco en movimiento.

 

All pictures were taken from a moving boat.

As always, thanks for stopping by and looking, I appreciate your comments and visits.

 

 

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Uploaded on December 3, 2010
Taken on October 1, 2010