Maligne Lake
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Maligne Lake is a lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The lake is famed for the colour of its azure water, the surrounding peaks, the three glaciers visible from the lake, and Spirit Island
Maligne Lake and Samson Peak
Sunrise in winter at the lake
Lake panorama and boathouse
Backcountry canoe trip on the lake
Samson Beaver
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Samson Beaver was the son of Job Beaver, a guide and trail setter of the late 19th and early 20th century. Both were members of the Stoney First Nation and worked in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Job
Maligne Lake
…applied the name to the river for its treacherous confluence with the Athabasca River. The lake was well known to First Nations of the area, including Samson Beaver, who knew it as Chaba Imne ("Beaver Lake"). He drew the first map of the lake and the route to it for Mary Schäffer in 1907. Schäffer was an explorer…
Samson Beaver, Leah, and a daughter