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Muncho Lake

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After we enjoyed the hot springs at Liard River, we stopped at Muncho Lake Lodge for the night. We had a great dinner and more fantastic views.

Amazingly crystal clear, Muncho Lake is a feast for the eyes. Can you tell if this photo is upside down or not?

Actually, it’s right side up; you can see some irregularities in the reflection if you look carefully. Nevertheless, that’s a fantastic mirror image of some of the Northern Rocky Mountains, isn’t it?

Muncho Lake, like many of the Rockies’ lakes, is green. Caused by glacial sediment, some lakes can also be various shades of cobalt blue interspersed with green. That green shade isn’t evident in the first picture because of the light’s angle refracting from the lake’s surface.

No photoshopping; no dye! It’s just green.
A float plane parked at Muncho Lake Lodge; a fine piece of Canadiana.

The next day we stopped in Fort St. John, after having travelled much of the stunningly beautiful highway 97 (Alcan or Alaska Highway), so there is another post coming about the fantastic sights we were able to experience during that fantastic drive.

44 thoughts on “Muncho Lake”

  1. Great shots Lynette, especially the reflection. You will enjoy them on Patricia Lake. I love the pops of bright green from the spring leaves. Almost as colourful as the autumn leaves. Thanks for sharing. Allan

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    1. Thank you very much, Allan. We are at PLB presently and yesterday enjoyed sitting on the dock and dangling our feet in the cold water. Very cold of course but so great after all the walking/hiking we did yesterday. I don’t have any reflective photos yet of PL but a couple of good ones of the sun on the lake. It’s so beautiful here. Just listening to the birds is wonderful all by itself. Agreed, those new green leaves are as colourful as the autumn ones. Thanks once more for bringing PLB to our attention. Cheers.

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    1. The reflections on Muncho Lake were awesome. We just stood there admiring them for a long time.

      There is devastating damage over large swaths of Jasper, Maggie. I almost started crying. But many areas survived and of course visitors are being encouraged to return since the fire, too, can help people to learn about climate change. The forests are also starting to recover. I saw teeny tiny pine and fir trees growing already.

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      1. We hiked in the Kootenays, Floe Lake, a couple of years after their big fire and it was very comforting to see all of the regrowth in the forest. Seeing Jasper will not only teach people about climate change, but also, how to better keep forests healthy so they don’t get out of control – at least hopefully they’re learning. Manitoba is having its turn this year. 😪

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        1. The pictures of Manitoba’s fires look like the entrance to hell! They’re cataclysmic! And now there are terrible fires in Saskatchewan, too. I know there are plenty of climate change deniers out there but I hope this turns some of them, at least.

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    1. It’s so pretty. Yes, Kalamalka Lake is glacial and has the crystals of calcium carbonate that cause the green, blue or bluish-green colours. It’s more pronounced in spring and summer on that lake and especially if there has been a lot of mountain run-off.

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  13. I love the float plane shot, and yes, it is deeply Canadiana. I have my dad’s 1929 B&W snap of a Vickers Vedette, a single-engine biplane (“flying boat”) designed for bush conditions, on the water in northern Saskatchewan. My dad was travelling by canoe — this was the first of two university-student summers he spent doing survey work along the lakes & rivers up there for the Canadian government. I think of that as a cross-over moment in transportation technology: still, as always, canoes; no roads yet or cars; and, in the sky, the very first airplanes. Giving prospectors a whole new, powerful way to probe the land… And the mail to arrive! My dad’s diary notes talked about the excitement of receiving a cache of letters, brought in by plane and collected from the Hudson Bay Co. outpost.

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    1. It’s wonderful that you have a record of your dad’s time in the north of 1929, 1930! Nearly a hundred years ago. Agreed – such a turning point in transportation technology and almost all of it occurring within a few years. Of course, WWI helped to push things along, unfortunately.

      The Vickers Vedette was designed and built in Canada to meet the demands of bush operations and was a highly successful aircraft. There’s one at the aviation museum in Winnipeg; I saw it last spring. I’ve sent you a copy of the float plane picture. Cheers.

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