Green Lake
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Green Lake
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture
Description
Green Lake is the largest and most northerly lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. It is the source of the Green River, a tributary of the Lillooet River, and is fed by the River of Golden Dreams, which issues from Alta Lake, which is at the height of land dividing the Green River drainage from that of the Cheakamus River to the south, which is a tributary of the Squamish River. Also feeding Green Lake are Fitzsimmons Creek, which originates in the valley above Whistler Village between Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains, and Rainbow Creek, which descends from Rainbow Mountain via the Alpine Meadows subdivision. A former minor ski hill, Rainbow, is located midway between Alpine Meadows and Emerald Estates near the lake's western extremity.
The Whistler neighborhoods of Alpine Meadows and Emerald Estates are located on the Green Lake's southwestern and northwestern shores. The ghost town of Parkhurst, also known as Green River, is a rail stop at the outlet of Green Lake located about 1km north and known locally but incorrectly as Soo Valley. Soo Valley is nearby but in a different drainage, and was based around a lumber mill on a point on the east shore of the lake, opposite Emerald Estates. The porch of the old main building was the location of a locally famous group nude photo by squatter residents of the area in the 1970's, many of them now figures in the Whistler establishment.
The first British survey by the Royal Navy took place in the 1860's. The surveyors named the local mountain London Mountain because of the heavy fog and cloud typically gathering around the mountain, but the area informally acquired the name "Whistler" due to the call of the hoary marmot.
Image copyright 2014 Jon Burch Photography
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September 30th, 2014
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