Aishihik Lake

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Outflow regulated

The Aishihik Lake is a lake in the Canadian Yukon Territory.

The lake is located 60 km north-northeast of Haines Junction. He has a NW-SE extent of 55 km. Its maximum width is 6 km. The water surface of Aishihik Lake is 146 km ². The lake lies at an altitude of 914 m. The maximum water depth is about 120 m. At the southern end of the lake the Aishihik River leaves the lake and flows to the adjacent Canyon Lake. The lake is ice-covered from October to June. Since 1970, the outflow of Aishihik Lake is regulated by a dam. Effluent is a 37 MW hydroelectric power plant. At the north end of the lake was formerly a military airfield, which was shut down in 1968. The Aishihik Lake is on the Aishihik Road, which branches off from the Alaska Highway to the north, accessible.

Important tributary of the Aishihik Lake is the Tahgah River, which drains Lake Sekulmun and opens the westerly lake in the far northwest in the Aishihik Lake.