Kusawa Lake

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

The Kusawa Lake is located 60 km southwest of Whitehorse near the border with British Columbia. He meanders over a length of 75 km with a maximum width of about 2.5 km through the mountains in the north of the Boundary Ranges. It is fed by the rivers Takhini River, Primrose River and Kusawa River. The Takhini drains the lake at its northern end to the Yukon River. The Kusawa Lake is located at an altitude of 671 m. It has an area of 142 km ². The lake has a maximum water depth of 140 m and is of glacial origin.

From the Yukon Highway 1 (Alaska Highway), which runs 20 km north of the lake, branches off a dirt side road from the lake.

In the lake mainly the following types of fish: Arctic grayling, Heringsmaräne, Prosopium cylindraceum and American lake trout. The Kusawa Lake Territorial Park, a protected area with an area of ​​3082 km ², is in the planning.

" Riverscape " says the Tlingit " long narrow lake ".