Yesterday I posted a photo of Moraine Lake with it's turquoise blue waters.
This is Lake Louise which is just about 14 KM away.
I was there in August and it was -2 cloudy and misty but the lake's water was still a beautiful green color, and the reflection of the colored mountainside was spectacular.
Lake Louise or "Lake of Little Fishes" (HO-RUN-NUM-NAY in Stoney Indian language) was the first name given to the lake by the natives who settled in the area. On August 21, 1882, Tom Wilson, a horse wrangler/packer for the Canadian Pacific Railway, christened the lake "Emerald Lake" due to its brilliant green coloring. "Lake Louise" was the third name given to these waters in 1884, to honour Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. She was the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, but more importantly, married to the Marquis of Lorne, Governor General of Canada at the time.