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Lake Louise

lake in Alberta, Canada
LakeBodyOfWater glacial_lake Q1367398
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Summary

Lake Louise is a glacial lake[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of glacial lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,893 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Improvement District No. 09 (Banff National Park)[3], Alberta[4]
  • Country: Canada[5]
  • Named after: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll[6]
  • Outflows: Louise Creek[7]
  • Basin country: Canada[8]
  • Commons category: Lake Louise (Alberta)[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lake Louise[10]
  • Commons gallery: Lake Louise (Alberta)[11]
  • Native label: Ho-run-num-nay[12]
  • Different from: Lake Louise[13]
  • Length: 2.4 km[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1731 m[15]
  • Area: 0.8 km²[16]
  • Width: 1.2 km[17]
  • Located in protected area: Banff National Park[18]
  • Topographic map: NTS 82N08[19]

Why It Matters

Lake Louise has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Canada Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · MuzikMachine · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Outflows → Louise Creek
    Drainage basin → —
    Instance of → glacial lake
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: lagoon"
  2. 5d ago · MuzikMachine · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image commons → —
    Image url → —
    Image artist → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it', '
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Commons gallery: Lake Louise (Alberta)"
  3. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45256|batch #45256]]: redundant value; it should not have a time zone."
  4. 12w ago · Hike395 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → 1 lake louise pano 2019.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: 1 lake louise pano 2019.jpg"
  5. 13w ago · Sahagun Ethan · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.8'}
    Topographic map → NTS 82N08
    Named after → —
    Basin country → Canada
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Lake Louise obscured by wildfire smoke, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.jpg"
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