Lake Eden (also referred to as Eden Lake) is a small, recreational
lake
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in
Alberta
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,
Canada
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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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Eden
Parkland County