Case file · Folklore / legend

Lake Minnewanka, 'Lake of the Spirits'

The Stoney Nakoda called the lake near Banff the lake of the water spirits, home to a half-human, half-fish being; the resort village of Minnewanka Landing was drowned under it by a dam in 1941.

1941 CE · 51.25, -115.45 · status: legend

The account

Divers still visit the submerged village. Banff lies in the Rockies of Alberta.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Lake Minnewanka
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