Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada 16 Jan 2024

Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Glimmering in aquamarine tones, Lake Louise rests amid the Canadian Rockies in Alberta"s Banff National Park. The Indigenous Nakoda people refer to the lake as Ho-run-num-nay, meaning "lake of the little fishes." The lake was later named by settlers for the British royal family"s Princess Louise, along with the adjoining town, which has the highest elevation of any Canadian town at almost 1,585 metres. This glacial lake is accessible throughout the year via the Trans-Canada Highway, and visitors can participate in activities like hiking during the summer and skiing in the winter.

© Mr. Simon Paul/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Winter wonderland
16 Jan 2025Pinnacles National Park, California, United States
16 Jan 2026Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

9 Oct 2024Aspens near Marble, Colorado, USA
19 Nov 2023Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
15 Dec 2023SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
6 Jun 202581st anniversary of D-Day
Sentinel of the sea
15 Jul 2024Marine Day, Japan
23 Mar 2024World Meteorological Day
The play’s the thing
What returned to this city 500 years ago?
20 May 2024World Bee Day
Drifting through Kerala
Stealthy pollinators
A wave of remembrance
Spanning the soft sunlight
Swedish wilderness
17 Oct 2024Kochia, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Purple mountain majesties
14 Nov 2024Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
9 May 2025International Chameleon Day
A peck between penguins
6 Aug 2025Ring-tailed lemur
15 Nov 2025Irohazaka Road in autumn, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Postcard from Italy
30 Oct 2025Pushkar Camel Fair
18 Dec 2025Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States
20 Oct 2024International Sloth Day
4 Nov 2025Tower Bridge, London
18 Sep 2023Milky Way over Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park
20 Feb 2026Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California, United States
Sep 9, 2023Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand