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Lakes Of Yukon
This is an incomplete list of lakes of Yukon, a territory of Canada. The largest lake of Yukon is Kluane Lake at located at an elevation of . List of lakes * Aishihik Lake * Alligator Lake * Atlin Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Bennett Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Coghlan Lake * Dezadeash Lake * Finlayson Lake * Frances Lake * Frenchman Lake * Kluane Lake * Kusawa Lake * Lake Laberge * Marsh Lake * Mary Lake * Mayo Lake * McEvoy Lake * McQuesten Lake * Moose Ponds * Nares Lake * Quiet Lake * Schwatka Lake * Snafu Lake * Spirit Lake * Tagish Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Tarfu Lake * Teslin Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Ts'oogot Gaay Lake * Lake Wellesley * Wolf Lake References {{Canada topic, List of lakes of * Yukon Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's ''Yukon Act'', which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory's official name, though ''Yukon Territory'' is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of ''YT''. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that “''The'' Yukon” would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsh Lake
Marsh Lake (Mud Lake) is a widening of the Yukon River southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It is over 30 kilometres long and ranges from three to four kilometres wide. The co-ordinates of the lake are , and is 2,147 feet above sea level. The lake forms part of a chain of finger lakes, sometimes referred to as "The Southern Lakes", that form the headwaters of the Yukon River. The community of Marsh Lake, Yukon is located along the northern shores of the lake. History During the Klondike Gold Rush the Yukon River system was heavily relied upon for transportation. The passes and railhead to the southeast left the prospectors at Lake Bennett, the early ones had to build their own boats and float down the windy and dangerous Lake Bennett, Tagish Lake and "Mud Lake" before beginning on the Yukon River. A network of steamboats were soon developed and they began ferrying passengers to the rapids at Canyon City just outside what is now Whitehorse. These steamboats needed firewood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teslin Lake
Teslin Lake is a large lake spanning the border between British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. It is one of a group of large lakes in the region of far northwestern BC, east of the upper Alaska Panhandle, which are the southern extremity of the basin of the Yukon River, and which are known in Yukon as "the Southern Lakes" (the other major ones in the group are Atlin Lake and Tagish Lake but include Bennett and Lindeman Lakes, the headwaters of the Yukon River itself). The lake is fed and drained primarily by the Teslin River, south and north, but is also fed from the east by the Jennings River and the Swift River, and from the west by the Hayes River. According to the Yukon Geographical Names Project, "Teslin" means "long water", but in the Tlingit language the local ''kwaan'' or tribe of Tlingit is called ''Deisleen Kwáan"'', meaning "Big Sinew Tribe". There are three Taku River Tlingit First Nation communities around the south end of the lake in British Columbia: Jennings Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarfu Lake
Tarfu Lake is a lake of Yukon, Canada. The lake is both fed and drained by Tarfu Creek. The name is from WWII-era Military slang, an acronym for Things Are Really Fouled Up. See also *List of lakes in Yukon This is an incomplete list of lakes of Yukon, a territory of Canada. The largest lake of Yukon is Kluane Lake at located at an elevation of . List of lakes * Aishihik Lake * Alligator Lake (Yukon), Alligator Lake * Atlin Lake (in British Col ... References National Resources Canada Lakes of Yukon {{Canada-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagish Lake
Tagish Lake is a lake in Yukon and northern British Columbia, Canada. The lake is more than long and about wide. It has two arms, the Taku Arm in the east which is very long and mostly in British Columbia and Windy Arm in the west, mostly in Yukon. The Klondike Highway runs along Windy Arm south of Carcross. Bennett Lake flows into Tagish Lake, so the northern portion of Tagish Lake was part of the route to the Klondike used by gold-seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush. The meteorite On January 18, 2000, a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite now known as "Tagish Lake", fell on the frozen surface of the Taku Arm. A number of fragments were recovered and studied by researchers from the University of Calgary, University of Western Ontario, and NASA; the meteorite currently resides in the University of Alberta meteorite collection. The name The lake is named for the Tagish people. ''Tagish'' means ''fish trap'' in the old Tagish language, an Athabascan language. Other sources t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Lake (Yukon)
Spirit Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon about 70 km south of Whitehorse. The lake is situated just off the Klondike Highway The Klondike Highway is a highway that runs from the Alaska Panhandle through the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada, linking the coastal town of Skagway, Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon. Its route somewhat par .... The lake has emerald green colours. The distinct crater-like holes on the lake bottom were shaped by glaciers which retreated thousands of years ago. See also * List of lakes of Yukon References Lakes of Yukon {{Canada-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snafu Lake
Snafu Lake is a lake of southern Yukon, Canada, about 25 to 30 km north of the border with British Columbia. It is drained by Snafu Creek. The name is from WWII-era Military slang meaning Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. See also *List of lakes in Yukon This is an incomplete list of lakes of Yukon, a territory of Canada. The largest lake of Yukon is Kluane Lake at located at an elevation of . List of lakes * Aishihik Lake * Alligator Lake (Yukon), Alligator Lake * Atlin Lake (in British Col ... References National Resources Canada Lakes of Yukon {{Canada-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwatka Lake
Schwatka Lake is a reservoir created by the damming of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, Yukon, completed in 1958. The dam provides electrical power generation and is operated by the Yukon Energy Corporation. The White Horse Rapids, which gave the city its name, are now under the lake. The lake was named after Frederick Schwatka, a US Army Lieutenant who was first to explore the total length of the Yukon River. A fish ladder has been constructed around the hydroelectric dam to allow the passage of Chinook salmon to their spawning grounds upstream of Whitehorse. The Chinook salmon that pass the dam have the longest freshwater migration route of any salmon, over 3,000 kilometres to the mouth of the Yukon River in the Bering Sea. Whitehorse Water Aerodrome, a float plane base, is located on the lake. The lake has been the city's water supply for some years, but the city is now converting to relying entirely on aquifer An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Lake (Yukon)
Quiet Lake is a lake in Yukon, Canada that is 28 kilometers in length and the largest lake of the three Big Salmon River system lakes."Km 90 - Quiet Lake" . Sights and Sites of the Yukon (website) Yukon Department of Tourism and Culture Accessed September 2010. It was named in 1887 by John McCormack, a gold prospector. Prior to the construction of the South Canol road, which was completed in the 1940s, the area was mostly reached by boating hundreds of miles up the Big Salmon, Teslin or Nisutlin rivers. See also * |
Nares Lake
Nares Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon between Bennett Lake and Tagish Lake that lies below Nares Mountain. Nares Lake is in fact an arm of Tagish Lake. The community of Carcross is on the Nares Narrows between Bennett and Tagish Lake, along the Klondike Highway The Klondike Highway is a highway that runs from the Alaska Panhandle through the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada, linking the coastal town of Skagway, Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon. Its route somewhat par .... The primary inflow to and outflow from the lake is the Nares River. Both the river and the lake are named after Admiral George Nares. References External links Lakes of Yukon {{Yukon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moose Ponds
The Moose Ponds are an expansion of the South Nahanni River just below its headwaters and are the starting point for 50 km of virtually continuous Class II - Class IV whitewater in Canada. This stretch of river is known locally as the ''Rock Gardens''. The ponds are mostly within the Northwest Territories, however a small portion of the largest and westernmost of the ponds does enter the Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as .... References Lakes of the Northwest Territories Lakes of Yukon Nahanni National Park Reserve {{Yukon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McQuesten Lake
McQuesten may refer to: *Jack McQuesten (1836–1909), American pioneer explorer, trader, and prospector in Alaska and Yukon *Mary Baker McQuesten (1849–1934), Victorian-era Canadian letter writer and activist *Thomas McQuesten (1882–1948), politician in Ontario, Canada See also *McQuesten Airport (TC LID: CFP4) near McQuesten, Yukon, Canada *McQuesten, Yukon This is a list of communities in Yukon. Municipalities Unincorporated communities These areas lie within the Unorganized Yukon, which covers 99.8% of the territory's land mass. Hamlets Statistics Canada recognizes two census subdivisi ..., an unincorporated community * McQuistan {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
