Aylmer Lake
| Aylmer Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Northwest Territories (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Lockhart River | |
| Drain | Lockhart River | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 5 ′ N , 108 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 375 m | |
| surface | 809 km² | |
| length | 50 km | |
Aylmer Lake is a lake in the Northwest Territories in Canada . It has an area of 809 km². 847 km² is the total area including islands. The lake is about 100 km north of the Great Slave Lake . The Lockhart River flows to Aylmer Lake from the west and leaves it at its east end towards the neighboring Clinton-Colden Lake .
The lake was named in 1833 by George Back after Lord Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer (1775-1850), 1830-1835 Governor General of Canada .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories . NWT Cultural Places Program, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center 2017, accessed November 16, 2018.