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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