Frances Lake
| Frances Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Yusezyu River , Anderson Creek, Finlayson River, Money Creek | |
| Drain | Frances River | |
| Location close to the shore | Watson Lake , Ross River | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 61 ° 16 ′ N , 129 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 734 m | |
| surface | 88 km² | |
| length | 39 km | |
| width | 2.8 km | |
| scope | 164 km | |
| Catchment area | 4300 km² | |
The Frances Lake is a lake in Canada's Yukon Territory .
The 88 km² large lake is 130 km north of Watson Lake and 160 km east-southeast of Ross River . Frances Lake is located at an altitude of 734 m . The lake is Y-shaped. The Frances River drains the lake at its southern end. The eastern arm measures 33 km in north-south direction and is connected to the 39 km long western arm by a narrow point, the Frances Lake Narrows . East of the lake, the rise Selwyn Mountains , west to the Pelly Mountains belonging Campbell Range . The 1673 m high Simpson Tower rises between the two arms of the lake . The Yusezyu River and Anderson Creek flow into the northern ends of the arms of the lake .
The Robert Campbell Highway runs past the western shore of the lake on its route from Watson Lake to Ross River. A branch leads to the state campground Frances Lake Campground .
history
A Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) expedition led by Robert Campbell reached the lake in 1840. Campbell named the lake after the wife of George Simpson , head of the Hudson's Bay Company. Between 1842 and 1851, on the lakeshore west of the Frances Lake Narrows, there was an HBC trading post in the vicinity of a Kaska First Nation camp .
ecology
In the lake u. a. The following fish species are found: American char , arctic grayling , herring whitefish , char , burbot and pike .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sights and Sites of the Yukon: Central Yukon - Frances Lake . Yukon Dept. of Tourism & Culture. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ Fishing in the Yukon - Locations and Species Found . The Fly Fishing Gazette. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
