Fish Lake (Whitehorse)
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Fish Lake Lu Zil Man |
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| Looking south across the lake to Mount Granger | ||
| Geographical location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| Drain | Fish Creek → Porter Creek | |
| Location close to the shore | Whitehorse | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 37 ′ N , 135 ° 14 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1120 m | |
| surface | 13.2 km² | |
| length | 11.5 km | |
| width | 1.8 km | |
| Middle deep | 16.5 m | |
The Fish Lake , also known as Man Lu Zil called, is a lake in Canada's Yukon Territory .
The 1320 hectare lake is located 14 km southwest of Whitehorse at an altitude of about 1120 m in a north-facing valley formed by glaciers. It has a length of 11.5 km and a maximum width of 1.8 km. The mean water depth is 16.5 m. Fish Lake is drained via Fish Creek and Porter Creek from the northern end of the lake to the Yukon River . 4 km southeast of the lake rises the 2088 m high Mount Granger , 4 km west of Bonneville Peak and 11 km southwest of the 2107 m high volcanic cone of Ibex Mountain .
In the lake u. a. The following fish species are found: American char , Arctic grayling and Prosopium cylindraceum .
The lake is located in the tribal area of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation . The Fish Lake Road runs from Whitehorse to the north shore of the lake.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Nathan Millar, Oliver Barker, Lars Jessup, Aaron Foos: Angler Harvest Survey, Fish Lake 2010 (PDF, 154 KB) Yukon Dept. of Environment. April 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ↑ Viewing Whitehorse from above, A guide to Haeckel Hill - Thay T'äw (PDF, 2.8 MB) Yukon Energy Corporation. 2002. Retrieved October 15, 2017.