Harrison Lake
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| Geographical location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Lillooet River , Silver River | |
| Drain | Harrison River → Fraser River | |
| Islands | Echo Island, Long Island | |
| Places on the shore | Harrison Hot Springs , Port Douglas | |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 31 ′ N , 121 ° 49 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 10 m | |
| surface | 218 km² | |
| length | 60 km | |
| width | 9 km | |
| volume | 33 km³ | |
| Maximum depth | 279 m | |
| Middle deep | 150 m | |
| Catchment area | 7890 km² | |
The Harrison Lake is the largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains of the Canadian province of British Columbia .
Its area is 218 km², it is 60 km long and a maximum of nine kilometers wide.
The main tributary is the Lillooet River , at the point of entry the lake forms a bay called Little Harrison Lake . Port Douglas once stood on its banks , one of the most important ghost towns in British Columbia, which today is only reminiscent of its name. This has passed to the small settlement of Indians from the tribe of In-SHUCK-ch , which is today at the northern end of the lake. In their language, however, the name is Xa'xtsa.
The southern end of the lake on which Harrison Hot Springs is located is about 95 km east of downtown Vancouver . To the east of the lake are the Lillooet Ranges , to the west the Douglas Ranges . Its valley is the last and largest in a chain of large, north-south running glacial valleys in which the northern tributaries of the Fraser River run.
There are numerous hot springs in the vicinity of the lake , in addition to Harrison Hot Springs, for example, in Twenty Mile Bay and Port Douglas.
The valley of the Silver River extends roughly in the middle of the eastern bank , opposite on the west bank lies Twenty-Mile Bay. Between the two is the northern end of one of the lake's longest and largest islands, aptly called Long Island, which is 9.5 km long and 2.6 km wide. The second largest island called Echo Island is located immediately east of the wooded gorge of the Harrison River and measures 4 × 2.2 km. The outflow of the lake, the Harrison River, flows into the Fraser near Chehalis .
As part of Douglas Road, the lake played an important role in gaining access to the gold fields on the upper reaches of the Fraser during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858-1860.
Web links
- Harrison Lake . In: BC Geographical Names (English)