Emerald Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon, notable for its intense green color. It is located on the South Klondike Highway at kilometer 117.5, measured from Skagway, Alaska.
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🏞️ Lake spots ⛰️ Mountain range spots 🌲 Nature reserve spots ❄️ Glacial lake spots 🏞️ Loch spots 🏃♂️ Running spots 🏞️ Watercourse spots 🌲 Forest spots 🐾 Wildlife spots ⛰️ Highland spots ⛰️ Hill station spots ⛰️ Mountain spots 🏞️ River spotsEmerald Lake is one of the highlights of a visit to Yoho National Park. Located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, this lake, named for the translucent green colour of its water, can be explored by canoe or on foot along a several kilometre trail. Emerald Lake is home to the rare Burgess Shale, containing perfectly preserved fossils of centimetre-high specimens over 500 million years old!
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