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An Ox Bow Lake

            I composed this photograph during a recent trip along Kananaskis Trail (Hwy 40), in Alberta, Canada.  The image is of one of the Lorette Ponds, a series of small ox bow lakes, and its surrounds.

An oxbow lake is a small lake located in an abandoned meander loop of a river channel. They are U-shaped or curved bends in a river that have been  cut off from the main river flow, in this instance the Kananaskis River, forming a lake. 

The Loretta Ponds are pleasant to visit. There is a relatively short trail around them. The ponds are stocked with various varieties of trout, so they are are often visited by anglers, creating photographic opportunities of another sort.

Taken in: Canada / Alberta / Kovach (show map)

Taken on: June 11, 2024

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