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Lake Eden (also referred to as Eden Lake) is a small, recreational
lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
in
Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
,
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. It lies west of
Stony Plain, Alberta Stony Plain is a town in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Parkland County. It is west of Edmonton adjacent to the City of Spruce Grove and sits on Treaty 6 land. Stony Plain is known for its many painted m ...
. It has an area of , and has a mean depth of only ~, with clear water.


History

In the early 1950s it was named Lake Eden by the owners of the Lake Eden Fur Farm, whose farm sat adjacent to the lake.Holmgren, E.J. and P.M. Holmgren. 1976. ''Over 2000 Place Names of Alberta''. 3rd ed. West. Producer Prairie Books, Saskatoon.


References

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