How can you help...We are working to develop some new Photo and Video Albums of each Alberta Water Basin, from one end of that basin to the other.

If you are able to help, send us a photo or video of Alberta's rivers, streams and waterways...

Send us some of your water photos, video, or artwork...and we'll be sure to include it in our water basin album, and recognize your contribution to the WaterPortal project.

Alberta Lakes:
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Most of Alberta's lakes were formed during the last glaciation, about 12,000 years ago. There are many different types of lakes in Alberta, from glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies to small shallow lakes in the prairies, brown water lakes in the northern boreal forest and muskeg, kettle holes and large lakes with sandy beaches and clear water in the central plains.

Distribution of the lakes throughout the province is irregular, with many water bodies in the wet regions in the northeast and Lakeland Region, and very few in the dry southeast.

Kananaskis Lakes



Peyto Lake

Bow Lake



Lake Louise









Lake Minnewanka

Lake Agnes



Waterton Lakes

Moose Lake



Winter Lake Fishing

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Alberta Rivers:
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Alberta's rivers flow towards three different bodies of water, the Arctic Ocean, the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Alberta is located immediately east of the continental divide, so no rivers from Alberta reach the Pacific Ocean.

The north of the province is drained towards the Arctic Ocean, and the northern rivers have comparatively higher discharge rates than the southern ones, that flow through a drier area. Most of Alberta's southern half has waters flowing toward the Hudson Bay, the only exception being the Milk River and its tributaries, that flow south through the Missouri and Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

Maligne River



Peace River










North Sask. River

Bow River



Red Deer River












Unless noted, all images sourced from Wikipedia