Wanderlust World Wanderlust World In 1882, Canadian Pacific Railway surveyors led by William Pearce explored the Bow Valley. Tom Wilson, guided by Stoney Nakoda people, encountered the stunning turquoise lake.
Pearce, impressed by its beauty, named it Lake Louise in honor of Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and wife of the Marquess of Lorne, Canada's Governor General (1878–1883).
The Stoney name is Ho-run-num-nay ("Lake of the Little Fishes"). The hamlet of Lake Louise and the world-famous Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise now grace its shores.