Alta Lake (British Columbia)
- Alta Lake (British Columbia)
Infobox lake
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location = Whistler, British Columbia
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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 in elevation and approximately 1.1 km² in area and 2.2 km north to south, with a maximum width of about 675 metres, 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, 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.
References
* [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=9873 BCGNIS listing "Alta Lake (lake)"]
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