Emerald Lake

Emerald Lake is a freshwater lake in , , Canada. Yoho National Park is one of the four contiguous national parks in Canada's Rocky Mountains, along the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta Provinces.
Tap on a place
to explore it

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Burgess and Wapta Mountain.

Peak
, 2,599 m, is a mountain in and is part of the in the . It is located in the southwest buttress of Burgess Pass in the and Valleys.

Peak
is a mountain located in the between Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley in , , . It stands just north of the ridge containing the Burgess Shale fossil beds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Field and Yoho National Park.

is a cozy mountain village located in within the in . The town served as a base for workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway in its early days, and now hosts a small community of about 170, in addition to hosting the Yoho Park administration building and a number of quaint gift shops, restaurants, and small accommodations.

is 's sister to Alberta's , a world heritage site, on the western side of the continental divide that separates the two provinces.

Emerald Lake

Latitude
51.44374° or 51° 26′ 38″ north
Longitude
-116.53322° or 116° 31′ 60″ west
Elevation
1,298 metres (4,259 feet)
Open location code
9535CFV8+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 429418878
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
5948547
Wiki­data ID
Q316177
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Emerald Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Emerald Lake” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Զմրուխտե լիճ
  • Cebuano: Emerald Lake (lanaw sa Canada, British Columbia, lat 51,44, long -116,53)
  • Cebuano: Emerald Lake
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره اميرالد
  • French: Emerald Lake
  • French: Lac Emerald
  • French: lac Émeraude
  • French: Lac Émeraude
  • Hebrew: אגם אמרלד
  • Spanish: Lago Emerald
  • Swedish: Emerald Lake, British Columbia
  • Swedish: Emerald Lake
  • Urdu: ایمرلڈ جھیل، برٹش کولمبیا

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Emerald Lake”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Yoho Valley and Hector.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Emerald Lake Lodge and Emerald Lake.

British Columbia: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Vancouver, Victoria, North Vancouver, and Kelowna.

Curious Lakes to Discover

Uncover intriguing lakes from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Emerald Lake”. Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.