Where is the cleanest lake in Canada?

Canada has plenty of natural wonders, and one lake nestled in the Alberta Rockies has been named one of the best places to see the clearest water in the world. Travel + Leisure rounded up places from across the globe and only one in Canada made the cut: Peyto Lake in Banff National Park.



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Out of Canada's staggering two million lakes, here are the very best to visit!
  • Lake Louise, Alberta. – Size: 0.08 km2 (0.031 sq mi) ...
  • Okanagan Lake, British Columbia. – Size: 384 km2 (135 sq mi) ...
  • Lake Superior, Ontario. ...
  • Moraine Lake, Alberta. ...
  • Emerald Lake, British Columbia. ...
  • Peyto Lake, Alberta. ...
  • Maligne Lake, Alberta.


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1. Peyto Lake. Starting our list of the clearest lakes in Canada is Peyto Lake.

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Glacial-fed alpine lakes in the Rocky Mountains are among the clearest in the world. Fine rock dust, produced by massive glaciers rubbing against bedrock, stays suspended in the water, reflecting light and creating the turquoise colours that Moraine Lake and Lake Louise are known for.

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Technically yes, you can swim at Lake Louise, but it probably won't be for long. The water temperature rarely gets above 4°C, meaning you only have about 15 minutes or so until you become hypothermic.

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Lake Annecy originates from around 18,000 years ago, as a result of the melting of glaciers in the Alps. Today, it is considered the second largest lake in France and it has the title of the cleanest lake in Europe, due to strict environmental regulations introduced around 1960.

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The opposite of Lake Superior in almost every way, Lake Ontario is the easternmost, lowest in elevation, smallest in surface area and perhaps the most polluted Great Lake.

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Osoyoos Lake is Canada's warmest fresh-water lake. In July and August, water temperatures average 24°C (75°F). The lake stretches over 19 kilometres (12 miles) of Canadian and United States territory; 14.7 kilometres (5.7 square miles) on the Canadian side.

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MORE ABOUT THE WATER AND THE AREA Elmvale, a small town in Ontario, Canada, is known for having some of the cleanest water in the world. The source of this water is the Alliston Aquifer, a large underground reservoir that is fed by rainwater and snowmelt from the surrounding hills.

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Blue Lake, New Zealand
But the country is also famous for having the clearest lake in the world! Blue Lake has underwater visibility up to 70 to 80 meters or 230 to 260 feet down, which is insane! Apart from being the world's clearest lake, it's also the clearest body of natural freshwater.

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The Weddell Sea has been claimed by scientists to have the clearest waters of any ocean in the world. Described by a historian as “the most wretched and dismal region on earth”, due to the flash freezes that caught Shackleton's ship, its clarity is only belied by the sheer depth of the ocean below.

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Lake Baikal contains 20% of the world's fresh surface water. Lake Baikal hides its vast waters under a relatively small surface area (31500 km2).

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Little Cove, Tobermory Located in Little Cove Provincial Park, the rugged Lake Huron shoreline provides some of the clearest water in Ontario.

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1) Canada – 879,800 Finally, the country with the most lakes in the world is Canada, consisting of 879,800 lakes – more lakes than the other countries combined! Canada contains about 62% of the world's 1.42 million lakes. Unsurprisingly, Canada is the second-largest country in the world, after Russia.

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Most Canadian lakes are of glacial origin. Movements of the Earth's crust, ie, folding and faulting, can create basins later filled by lakes. Lake Superior has been formed by glacial and tectonic processes.

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