Emerald Lake

Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, is home to Emerald Lake. One of the four contiguous national parks in Canada's Rocky Mountains, Yoho National Park is situated between the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The other parks are Kootenay, Jasper, and Banff. These federal reserves also include numerous provincial parks with nearly identical environmental protection and equally magnificent scenery. A luxurious lodge or hotel called Emerald Lake Lodge is situated on a peninsula that projects into the lake.

Tom Wilson, a Canadian guide, accidentally discovered Emerald Lake in 1882, making him the first non-native to see it. He initially arrived in the valley while pursuing a group of his horses that had run off. Wilson was the one who gave the lake its name because of its unusual hue, which reflects the green spectrum of sunlight rather than the blue spectrum seen in the nearby Moraine, Hector, Bow, and Peyto Lakes in Banff National Park due to a different rock type producing the sediment that is suspended in the glacial water.

The largest lake in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies, Emerald Lake, is best visited in July. The emerald green sea is at its most beautiful then. The limestone powder in the lake's water gives it its tint. Waiting until July will allow you to experience the color at its best because the lake is typically iced over until June. However, if you go there in the winter, it's a terrific area to go cross-country skiing.

Location: Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada