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Photos: Christoph Strässler from Oberdorf BL, Schweiz — CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Trail description
Temple Lake is an official place name in Alberta. The Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) lists it as a lake, at about 51.365° N and 116.181° W, on map sheet 082N08. The naming decision dates from January 21, 1985; the data provider is the Alberta Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
OpenStreetMap maps the place as a body of water (a lake), with an outline that comes from CanVec, a Natural Resources Canada dataset. The OpenStreetMap geocoder (Nominatim) places it in Alberta’s Improvement District No. 9.
The hiking trails page for Banff National Park on the Parks Canada website does not mention this lake. No source consulted describes a trail, a starting point, parking or dog rules at Temple Lake: check with the land manager before your outing.
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