Talk:Maligne Lake

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 * Finding additional information about this lake is surprisingly difficult. I have personally been there on many occasions (it is a very beautiful lake), and it is a prominent location in Jasper National Park.  If anyone can find additional facts & figures, please let me know or add them yourself.  Cheers! Em3rald 05:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I've worked there as a guide, and have access to various documents about the lake and surrounding area. I can add a few important points when I get a minute. -MZ
 * That would be fantastic! Anything you can add would be absolutely wonderful.  If you are not a seasoned editor or if you just don't feel comfortable editing the page itself, please be welcome to post a running commentary right here, and the rest of the editors can pick it up (including me).  Don't forget to sign your posts on the Talk pages by adding four ~ keys in a row at the end of your post.  Cheers!  And thanks in advance for any contributions you can make :D Em3rald 03:37, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

-Ok - The lake is glacially fed for the most part, 4 miles up the lake the Maligne River enters the lake (aka "upper Maligne River"). The deepest location of the lake is at the far end (about 14 miles down) and is roughly 350 deep. Tour boats can operate to slightly past Spirit Island but no further unless there is an emergency. There is a Warden's cabin on the north end of the lake where the road to the lake ends. There are no gas motors allowed on the lake (unless you're the warden or part of Maligne Lake Tours). Electric motors are allowed. It is a popular fishing destination. It is about 40 minutes from town. There is fishing, river rafting, canoing, kayaking, hiking, and naked hoola-hoop racing in the area. The parking lot is about 5500 feet asl. Moose and caribou can on occasion be seen swimming across the lake. If you drive to the lake, park, and take a personal watercraft to the far end of the lake (known as Coronet Creek - one of two backcountry camping sites on the lake accessible only by boat), they you can continue on hiking well into the backcountry into the Brazeau area of the park. The lake has an introduced population of trout that feed off freshwater shrimp that also inhabit the lake. Nearby are Lorraine and Mona Lakes which are a short hike. The drive to the lake is likely the best area for wildlife viewing in JNP (that's not well into the backcountry anyway). Tourists may abound during the summer months at the north end of the lake, but only a mile or two down the lake you can find complete solitude. In the winter the lake freezes and usually the ice comes off in late May. Winter time sees a number of cross country skiers on the lake as well as snowshoeing folks. There is a typical tourist trap owned by Maligne Lake tours where you can get a sandwich and a rubber tomahawk for about $500.00. They also rent boats and canoes as does some businesses in town (rent the key for the boat/canoe). Despite what the tourboat operators will tell you, while on their summer job away from school, the lake is NOT the second largest glacial fed lake in the world. Not even close. It is large and wonderful though. Water temperatures of the lake are very cold with little spring or fall turnover and it's rare to see someone wading deeper than their crotch level even on the hottest days. There are day picnic sites (about 4 or 5) along the lake but once again, you need a boat to access them. Walking further than a mile down either shore will likely result in frustration and tears due to the dense brush and lack of trail.

How's that? Grizzlydog 18:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC) it is not great at all

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