4180 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A great vintage card of Lake Louise in Banff National Park for the 1950s or 60s.

Lake Louise, or Ho-run-num-nay, is a glacial lake. Thomas Edmonds Wilson was the first non-Indigenous person to visit the lake, He originally named it Emerald Lake and promoted it the Canadian Pacific Railway as a development opportunity. The CPR re-named the lake Lake Louise, after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878-1883.

The Canadian Pacific Railway built Chateau Lake Louise on Lake Louise's eastern shore in 1890. It was winterized in 1982.

Lake Louise is a popular destination all year round. In the winter, skiing, ice skating, sleigh rides, ice sculpture contests, and snowshoeing are popular activities. In the summer, canoeing, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking are popular activities.

The lake is two kilometres long and half a kilometre wide. The deepest spot is 70 metres deep. The lake is found 1750 metres above sea level.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

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3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

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