Great Slave Lake

Rich in fish

The Great Slave Lake (English Great Slave Lake; French Grand lac des Esclaves ) is a lake in north-central Canada, in the Northwest Territories.

The lake has a water surface area of ​​27,048 km ². With the islands lying in the area is 28,568 km ². With a maximum depth of 614 meters, the Great Slave Lake is the deepest lake in North America.

He is among others from the Slave River and the Hay River. The Lockhart River empties into the McLeod Bay in the far northeast of the lake, the Frank Channel drains the Marian Lake in the North Arm, the Taltson River flows east of the Slave River into the lake. The outflow of Great Slave Lake is the Mackenzie River, one of the largest rivers in North America. The capital of mostly sparsely populated lakeshore is Yellowknife.

The lake surface is 156 m above sea level, so that up to 458 meters below sea level is due to the extreme depth of the lake the lake bottom. Thus, it is the Great Slave Lake to a crypto- depression.

Origin of the name

The name of the lake has nothing to do with slavery but goes back to the name of an Indian People ( Slavey ), which moved into the area. The German translation of the name is a misunderstanding, which, however, has come to be historical. The name of the local tribe was formerly rendered in English phonetically slave, but in modern times - above all to avoid the associations with the term " slave" - was changed in Slavey. For the lake but also used in English the old name unchanged.

Inflows

  • Slave River
  • Hay River
  • Lockhart River
  • Frank Channel ( outflow of Lake Marian )
  • Taltson River
  • Yellowknife River

Towns and settlements on the lake shore

  • Yellowknife
  • Hay River
  • Behchoko
  • Fort Resolution
  • Lutselk'e
  • Hay River Reserve
  • Dettah
  • N'Dilo
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