Ethel Lake (Yukon)

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Ethel Lake
Geographical location Yukon (Canada)
Tributaries Ethel Creek, Sether Creek
Drain Ethel Creek → Nogold Creek
Location close to the shore Stewart Crossing
Data
Coordinates 63 ° 22 ′  N , 136 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 63 ° 22 ′  N , 136 ° 5 ′  W
Ethel Lake (Yukon) (Yukon)
Ethel Lake (Yukon)
surface 46.1 km²
length 21 km
width 2.8 km
Maximum depth 62 m
Middle deep 31 m
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The Ethel Lake is a lake in Canada's Yukon Territory .

The 4610 hectare lake is located 20 km east of Stewart Crossing . It has a length of 21 km in west-east direction and a maximum width of 2.8 km. The Ethel Creek flows through the lake to the east. The lake is drained via Ethel Creek , Nogold Creek to the Stewart River . Hungry Mountain and the Francis Plateau rise on the north bank, Mount Sether on the south bank .

In the lake u. a. The following fish species are found: American char , pike , Arctic grayling , herring vendace , Prosopium cylindraceum , burbot and Cottus cognatus .

The lake is located in the tribal area of ​​the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun . Ten kilometers south of Stewart Crossing, a seasonal access road branches off the Klondike Highway to the east and leads to the Ethel Lake Campground , which is on the north shore near the western end of the lake.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i Lars Jessup, Oliver Barker, Nathan Millar: Lake Trout Population Assessment, Ethel Lake 2011 (PDF, 547 KB) Yukon Dept. of Environment. March 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2017.