Babine Lake
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| Geographical location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Sutherland River | |
| Drain | Babine River | |
| Places on the shore | Fort Babine | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 45 ′ N , 126 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 711 m | |
| surface | 479 km² | |
| length | 153 km | |
| width | 10 km | |
| Catchment area | 6350 km² | |
The Babine Lake or Na-taw-bun-kut ( "Long Lake") is the longest natural lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia .
The lake has a water area of 479 km² (total area with islands: 495 km²) and lies at an altitude of 711 m. It is 153 km long and varies between 2 and 10 km in width. Babine Lake is located northeast of the village of Burns Lake in central British Columbia, and about 180 km west-northwest of the city of Prince George .
The Babine River , a left tributary of the Skeena River , drains the lake to the northwest.
Several provincial parks are located on Babine Lake:
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Babine Lake Marine Provincial Park
- Pendleton Bay site
- Smithers Landing site
- Topley Landing Provincial Park
- Red Bluff Provincial Park
Babine Portage
Babine Portage is a campground 12 km north of Portage Yekooche Reserve on a gravel road at the west end of Babine Lake. The name is a reference to a canoe entry point that was previously used for portage to a Hudson's Bay Company trading post .
There used to be five cabins on the east side of the creek and seven on the west side. All of them were burned down in a bush fire in 2003.
Although people from Tachie , Fort St. James, and Prince George visit this area, it is mainly used by members of the Yekooche First Nation who spend much of the summer here and return to Portage Reserve in the fall. He provides them with salmon , especially sockeye salmon , while moose , deer and bears can be hunted in the area near Salt Lake, Frank's Meadow and a lagoon west of the camp.
People also fish at 4 Mile and 6 Mile Creek east of camp near Quarter Island. The people of Yekooche use the fishing at Babine Portage as food during the winter time.
An important local tradition at Babine Portage includes t'es-ing newcomers, which is the rubbing of charcoal on the cheeks to keep bad weather away from the camp. t'es means “charcoal” in the Babine language .
Web links
- Babine Lake . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- The Atlas of Canada (atlas.gc.ca), largest lakes in British Columbia
- Babine Lake entry at The Columbia Gazetteer of North America: 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)