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Lake Minnewanka, Alta., is a sacred place, visited for centuries by Indigenous communities and the glacier-fed water of the lake nestled among the Rocky Mountains was said to heal physical and mental ailments.
Today, the natural wonder is a tourist hot spot with a rich history that lies beneath it, the "sunken ghost town of Minnewanka Landing."
“This is one of the most intact submerged villages - underwater villages - in Canada,” said Steve Malins, cultural resource management advisor with Parks Canada.
A former hotel site, a number of cottages and early dam technology from 1912 can be found about 60 feet below the surface.
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