Kakisa Lake is a large

lake 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 part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

located in the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

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. It is fed by the

Kakisa River The Kakisa River is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The river gives the name to the Kakisa Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Course The Kakisa River ori ...

, and near to the community of

Kakisa Kakisa (Slavey language: ''K’agee''; ''between the willows'') is a "Designated Authority" in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on Kakisa Lake, and is southeast of Fort Providence. Originally ...

. An outcropping of the

Kakisa Formation The Kakisa Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the Kakisa River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, and was first described in outcrop on the banks of the Trout ...

occurs along the side of this lake.

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Lakes of the Northwest Territories {{NorthwestTerritories-geo-stub

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