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Lesser Slave Lake is located in northern Alberta, Canada, northwest of Edmonton. It is the second largest lake entirely within Alberta boundaries (and the largest easily accessible by vehicle), covering 1,160 km 2 (450 sq mi) and measuring over 100 km (62 mi) long and 15 km (9.3 mi) at its widest point.
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.
Lesser Slave Lake Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in central Alberta, Canada. The park was established on 7 February 2001 and has an area of 3,581.450 hectares (8,849.96 acres). [2] [3] The park is included in the Upper Athabasca Region Land Use Framework. [4]
Peyto Lake from lookout Lake Agnes Amethyst Lakes & ramparts Barrier Lake Bow Lake Cold Lake Fish Lakes (1 of 2) Glacier Lake Glenmore Reservoir Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes Lesser Slave Lake Lake Louise Maligne Lake Lake Minnewanka Moose Lake Ice fishing on Pigeon Lake Vermilion Lakes Waterton Lake. This is a list of lakes of Alberta, Canada.
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park and birdwatching area located in north-central Alberta, Canada.. The park is located on the northeastern shore of the Lesser Slave Lake (while Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park, Lesser Slave Lake Wildland and Grouard Trail Park Reserve stand on the northwestern shore), 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north from the town of Slave Lake on Highway 88.
After the railway came through, making the use of steamships obsolete, the island was leased to a commercial fishing company. [3] Eventually the island was made part of Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park. [4] In 2013, a canoe carrying two boys capsized just south of the island, one of the boys was rescued one hour later but the other drowned. [5]
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.
Slave Lake is a town in northern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is approximately 255 km (158 mi) northwest of Edmonton . It is located on the southeast shore of Lesser Slave Lake at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 88 .