Summit Lake is an unincorporated community in the

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, located north of the City of Prince George on the

John Hart Highway Highway 97 is a major highway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the longest continuously numbered route in the province, running and is the only route that runs the entire north–south length of the British Columbia, connect ...

at the lake of the same name. The community of

McLeod Lake McLeod Lake is an unincorporated community located on Highway 97 in northern British Columbia, Canada, north of Prince George. It is notable for being the first continuously inhabited European settlement established west of the Rocky Mountains ...

(Fort McLeod) is a few miles farther to the north. Summit Lake is situated at the divide between the

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and

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) and so is at the divide between the Pacific and Arctic drainages. As such, it is also the location of the

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for

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, in relation to

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, meaning also that it is one of the lowest locations along the

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north of

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(elevation 710 m (2329 ft).Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Summit Lake Pass"
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