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Great Bear Lake

#8 in World

Canada

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Area
31K km²
Coordinates
66.0000, -121.0000
Category
lakes

Overview

Largest lake entirely within Canada, pristine and largely undeveloped.

About

Great Bear Lake in the boreal forest of Canada is the largest lake entirely in Canada, the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world. The lake is in the Northwest Territories, on the Arctic Circle between 65 and 67 degrees of northern latitude and between 118 and 123 degrees western longitude, 156 m (512 ft) above sea level. It drains into the Great Bear River, thence into the Mackenzie River.

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