Lake Louise, Canadian Rockies.  Kayaking on the cerulean-hued waters of Lake Louise in Banff National Park in the Canadian province of Alberta. Lake Louise is the iconic symbol of the Canadian Rockies northwest of the town of Banff, Alberta. Banff National Park is studded with cerulean-hued lakes nestled beneath massive glacier-clad mountains. The 125-mile long Icefields Parkway begins just north of here and ends in the town of Jasper after traversing some of the most spectacular high-mountain scenery in the world. The stunning color of the lake is due to light being scattered by tiny particles of glacial silt suspended in the water and introduced into the lake by the meltwater from a few small remnant glaciers clinging to high alpine ridgelines above the lake.