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Great Bear Lake

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The largest lake entirely within Canada, located in the Northwest Territories on the Arctic Circle. Its remote, cold waters remain largely undeveloped and support significant populations of lake trout.

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Area (sq km)
31,153 1
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Source Great Bear Lake (Wikipedia)
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1. Great Bear Lake (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, area
  • Shaped By: Glacial Erosion, Formation statement for target 287667
    It was part of glacial Lake McConnell in the pre-glacial valleys reshaped by ice erosion during the Pleistocene.
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Wikidata: Great Bear Lake
Wikidata Q5525, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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