Lake McArthur (British Columbia)
Lake McArthur | |
---|---|
Location | Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 51°19′57″N 116°20′16″W / 51.332477°N 116.337908°W |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
Max. width | 0.68 km (0.42 mi) |
Surface area | 75 ha (190 acres) |
Max. depth | 85 m (279 ft) |
Lake McArthur is a lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, near the continental divide.
Location
Lake McArthur (JANHI) is in the Kootenay Land District of British Columbia.[1] It is nestled in a valley between Mount Schaffer and Park Mountain in Yoho National Park. The lake is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long and 85 metres (279 ft) deep.[2] It is easily the deepest lake in the park, and its depth gives it a deep blue colour.[3] It is the largest lake in the area and is much photographed.[4] A 1906 guide to resorts in the Canadian Rockies describes
Name
Lake McArthur is named after
Access
Lake McArthur may be accessed via an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) circuit hike from Le Relais Day Shelter in Yoho Park.[8] The shelter is reached via an 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) access road. The Lake O'Hara bus goes past the shelter, but reservations are required.[9] There is a 310-metre (1,020 ft) elevation gain. The trail passes through larch forests, past Schäffer Lake, through McArthur Meadows and over the summit of McArthur Pass.[8]
See also
Notes
- ^ Lake McArthur – Natural Resources.
- ^ Leigh 2013.
- ^ a b Townsley 2016, p. 171.
- ^ Sorensen & Williams 2010, p. 679.
- ^ Resorts in the Canadian Rockies, p. 14.
- ^ Akrigg & Akrigg 2011, p. 167.
- ^ Scott 2000, p. 39.
- ^ a b Yoho National Park Trail descriptions – Parks Canada.
- ^ Lake McArthur – 10hikes.
Sources
- Akrigg, G.P. (Philip) V.; Akrigg, Helen (2011-11-01), British Columbia Place Names: Third Edition, UBC Press, ISBN 978-0-7748-4170-2, retrieved 2018-06-05
- "Lake McArthur", 10hikes, archived from the original on 2018-06-30, retrieved 2018-06-05
- Lake McArthur, Natural Resources Canada, retrieved 2018-06-05
- Leigh (18 November 2013), "The Hike To Lake McArthur, Lake O'Hara Region, Yoho NP", hikebiketravel.com, retrieved 2018-06-04
- Resorts in the Canadian Rockies, Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Canadian Pacific Hotels, 1906, retrieved 2018-06-04
- Scott, Chic (2000), Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Rocky Mountain Books Ltd, ISBN 978-0-921102-59-5, retrieved 2018-06-05
- Sorensen, AnneLise; Williams, Christian (2010-06-07), The Rough Guide to Canada, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-84836-956-6, retrieved 2018-06-05
- Townsley, Frank (2016-03-10), British Columbia: Graced by Nature's Palette, FriesenPress, ISBN 978-1-4602-7773-7, retrieved 2018-06-05
- Yoho National Park Trail descriptions, Parks Canada, retrieved 2018-06-05