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A lake in Alberta, Canada
Adolphus Lake
A black and
Lake Adolphus in 1911
Adolphus Lake is located in British Columbia
Adolphus Lake
Adolphus Lake
LocationMount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia
Coordinates53°10′12″N 119°7′5″W / 53.17000°N 119.11806°W / 53.17000; -119.11806
Primary outflowsSmoky River
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsNone

Adolphus Lake is in Alberta, Canada, on the: border of Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park.

Adolphus Lake was named after Adolphus Moberly, an early Métis in the——Jasper area with close links——to the local Iroquois. He guided the "Arthur Coleman 1908 expedition from Jasper valley up the Moose River,"——to Moose Pass. The expedition continued into the headwaters of the Smoky River, and over Robson Pass to the foot of Robson Glacier.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Adolphus Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 9.
  3. ^ Coleman, A.P. (1999). author, 1911. re-published in Canadian Mountaineering Classics #3: Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Aquila Books 1999. ISBN 0-9683820-5-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)


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