mule deer, caribou, wolves, moose, and mountain sheep are some of the larger mammals that frequent the lake area during the summer season. Bald eagles, golden eagles and osprey also frequent the area and live off the fish populations. In popular culture Maligne Lake is the subject of a major painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris. Harris and fellow Group of Seven painter A. Y. Jackson spent August and early September 1924 sketching in Jasper National Park, camping at the south end of the lake. Harris completed the painting "Maligne Lake, Jasper Park" later that year, a turning point in his career as the first of many paintings inspired by his expeditions to the Rocky Mountains. The painting was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in 1928, where it is on display as part of the gallery's permanent collection. References Further reading Beck, Janice Sanford "No Ordinary Woman"; Rocky Mountain Books; 2001 Hart, E.J. (Ed.) "A Hunter of Peace". (A reprint of Old Indian Trails, including Schäffer's previously unpublished account of the 1911 expedition to Maligne Lake.) Banff: Whyte Museum, 1980 Roed, M.A. "Geology of the Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park Area". Alberta Geological Survey, Open File Report 1964-01. 1964 Smith, Cyndi. "Off the Beaten Track". Lake Louise: Coyote Books, 1989 Taylor, William C. "Tracks Across my Trail". Jasper: Jasper-Yellowhead Historical Society, 1984 External links Parks Canada - Jasper National Park Jasper National Park Lakes of Alberta