Hector Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Hector Lake
image_lake = Hector Lake+Waputik range.jpg
caption_lake = Hector Lake and Waputik Range seen from the Icefield Parkway
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location = Alberta's Rockies
coords = coord|51|34|33|N|116|20|27|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-AB|display=inline,title
type = Glacial
inflow = Balfour Creek (Waputik Icefield)
outflow = Bow River
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basin_countries = Canada
length = km to mi|5.3|abbr=yes
width = km to mi|1.2|abbr=yes
area = km2 to mi2|5.23|abbr=yes
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elevation = m to ft|1800|abbr=yes
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Hector Lake is a small glacial lake in western Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Bow River, in the Canadian Rockies.

It is named after James Hector, a geologist and naturalist with the Palliser Expedition.

Superimpose
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base_width = 280px
base_caption = Banff National park
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float_caption = Hector Lake
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Hector Lake location in Banff National Park

The lake is formed in a valley of the Waputik Range, north of the Waputik Icefield, between Pulpit Peak, Mount Balfour, Crawfoot Mountain and Bow Peak. Hector Glacier and Mount Hector rise on the opposite side of the Bow River.

Hector Lake is one of the lakes that line the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, other such lakes being Bow Lake, Lake Louise, Peyto Lake, "Mistaya Lake", "Waterfowl Lakes", "Chephren Lake" and "Sunwapta Lake".

Hector Lake is the second lake from the headwaters of Bow River, the first one being Bow Lake, and has a total area of km2 to mi2|5.23|abbr=yes|wiki=yes.

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