Alta Lake 

Location ~Whistler, British Columbia

Alta Lake (British Columbia)

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 This article is for the lake in Whistler, British Columbia.

For the former community at the same location see Alta Lake,

 British Columbia. For the lake and associated park in Washington,

United States, see Alta Lake State Park.
 

Alta Lake is a lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler,

 British Columbia, Canada.

Originally named Summit Lake,

Alta Lake was renamed to avoid confusion with the many

 other Summit Lakes in British Columbia.

The name is derived from the Spanish for "high up" or "upper".

The lake's southern end is the divide between the basins of the Green and Cheakamus Rivers.

The lake is 642 m (2,106 ft) in elevation and approximately 1.1 km2

(0.42 sq mi) in area and 2.2 km (1.4 mi) north to south,

with a maximum width of about 675 metres (2,215 ft), east to west.
 

Neighbourhoods around the lake include Alta Lake,

 the original community in this area (now referred to as "Westside"),

Alta Vista and Whistler Cay Estates.

At the north end of the lake the original site of

 Rainbow Lodge preserves some cabins that were

part of that rustic resort, and a municipally run ecological

preserve which estends up the wetlands of the

River of Golden Dreams

 (aka Alta Creek), which leads to Green Lake.

 A wayside park,

formerly a provincial park and now municipally run

 is located near the south end of the lake.

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Viewscape: Scenic Alta Lake is located amidst towering,

 forested mountains on all sides.

There are numerous permanent residences

as well as accommodation facilities visible from the lake.

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Do you feel the peaceful?  Do you believe something is forever?

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