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Great Slave Lake [1] [a] is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 m (2,014 ft), [2] and the tenth-largest lake in the world by area.
English: Utsingi Point, East arm of Great Slave Lake, Canada. This was in the eastern edge of the proposed Thaydene Nene National Park Reserve, but is outside the final approved park boundary. This was in the eastern edge of the proposed Thaydene Nene National Park Reserve, but is outside the final approved park boundary.
The beach along Great Slave Lake is a prime spot for summer swimming, bird watching, fishing or relaxing. Local people engage in fishing, hunting, and trapping year-round. The nearby site of Pine Point was once a thriving lead mine. When the value of lead plummeted in the 1980s, the Pine Point Mine closed, and the township was evacuated.
Great Slave Lake is slightly smaller, with an area of 28,568 km 2 (11,030 sq mi) and containing 2,088 km 3 (501 cu mi) of water, although it is significantly deeper than Great Bear. [18] The third major lake, Athabasca, is less than a third that size with an area of 7,800 km 2 (3,000 sq mi). [ 15 ]
It caught fire and sank on Great Slave Lake and was replaced by the Speed II which ironically later suffered the same fate. Speed II: Gasoline schooner (14 m (45 ft) long) operated by Northern Traders Company on Great Slave Lake c. 1927, and later by Northern Waterways Limited on Great Bear Lake 1932–1933. It caught fire and sank on Great ...
Rocher River is an abandoned community in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community was situated near the mouth of the Taltson River (aka Rocher River, or Roche River), which drains into Great Slave Lake. Dene trading chief Pierre Snuff built the first cabins in this area in the early 20th century, on what is ...
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Fort Reliance was originally built in 1833 by George Back during the Arctic Land Expedition to the Arctic Ocean via the Back River.The expedition, partly scientific and partly searching for the missing John Ross, used Fort Reliance as a winter camp.