Abraham Lake, Alberta?

Question

Just wondering if anyone has any info on the history of this lake. I know it was man made but I heard a rumor that it flooded over burrial grounds or wiped out a village in the process of making the lake/and the bighorn dam?

Is this true?

Can someone lead me to some info about it, or let me know if it is just rumor.

Answer 1

"The man and his family that the lake was named after is Silas Abraham who lived in the North Saskatchewan River valley in the late 1800's.

Silas Abraham, born in 1871 lived with most of his Stony Indian family along the Upper Saskatchewan River Valley .  

Silas became a guide for many early explorers and adventurers such as Martin Nordegg, Mary s******r, and Elliott Barns."