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This Gallery was created from the Muncho Lake area and the area southbound along the road in beautiful British Columbia. The following text was taken from two signs over looking the lake in almost full view of the Mountains. Terminal refers to the geographic position of this mountain range. Ending at Liard River 60 kilometers/37 miles northwest, it is the northernmost section of the Rocky Mountains. Many people mistakenly think that the Rockies extend north into the Yukon and Alaska. The Mackenzie Mountains named for the fur-trade explorer, Alexander Mackenzie which continue northward, are somewhat different geologically. As the crow flies it is 1350 kilometers 840 miles from the northern tip of the Rockies to the international boundary between Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta and Glacier National Park Montana. The Rockies stretch south into the US through Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and into new Mexico, coming to an end near Santa Fe. The Rockies total length is almost 3000 kilometers about 1850 miles. WHY IS MUNCHO LAKE A JADE GREEN COLOUR? The striking colour of Muncho Lake is created by tiny rock fragments scraped from the valley walls by glaciers and carried by meltwater downstream to the lake. This silt flows into the icy water where most of it sinks to the bottom. Fine particles ground to the texture of flour remain suspended in the lake water giving it a milky appearance. The rock flour reflects and scatters sunlight returning mainly the bluegreen part of the spectrum to our eyes.