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Boom Lake

Category : Lake
 

This lake was named in 1908. The name is considered descriptive of the driftwood dammed against a shoal resembling a lumberman's boom. The other features in the area take their names from this lake.

Approximately 48 km west north-west of Banff.

Location Name : Lake Louise
National Topographic System (NTS) : 82 N/8
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
31-26-15-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
51° 16' N 116° 05' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume I
Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills

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