Located in Alberta, Canada's Banff National Park, Lake Louise is a glacier lake. Lake Louise is situated 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) west of the town of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1), which are both approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) east of the border with British Columbia.
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Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth child of Queen Victoria and the spouse of the Marquess of Lorne, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883, is honored by having her name as Lake Louise.
The lake's turquoise color is caused by rock flour that meltwater from the glaciers above it carries into it. The lake drains into the Bow River by the 3 km long Louise Creek, with a surface area of 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi).
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On the eastern coast of Lake Louise stands Fairmont's Chateau Lake Louise, one of Canada's big railway hotels. It is a deluxe vacation hotel that the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed in the first decades of the 20th century.
Additionally reachable from Lake Louise are Moraine Lake and Lake Agnes.