Natural feature
Emerald Lake
Glacier-fed lake shifting between turquoise and emerald as suspended rock flour catches the light.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park follows Tom Wilson, a nineteenth-century railway guide whose runaway pack horses led him to two of the Canadian Rockies' most famous lakes in a single season of eighteen eighty-two. You will hear what he said the moment he broke out of the trees, and the glacial chemistry that still changes the water's color hour by hour. It touches the grizzlies and black bears that still range these slopes today.
This audio guide was created using AI.