Kusawa Lake
| Kusawa Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Takhini River , Primrose River , Kusawa River | |
| Drain | Takhini River | |
| Location close to the shore | Whitehorse | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 60 ° 25 ′ N , 136 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 671 m | |
| surface | 142 km² | |
| length | 75 km | |
| width | 2.5 km | |
| Maximum depth | 140 m | |
| Catchment area | 4290 km² | |
The Kusawa Lake is a lake in Canada's Yukon Territory .
Kusawa Lake is 60 km southwest of Whitehorse not far from the British Columbia border . It meanders over a length of 75 km with a maximum width of about 2.5 km through the mountains in the north of the Boundary Ranges . It is fed by the Takhini River , Primrose River and Kusawa River . The Takhini drains the lake at its northern end to the Yukon River . The Kusawa Lake lies at an altitude of 671 m . It has an area of 142 km². The lake has a maximum water depth of 140 m and is of glacial origin.
From the Yukon Highway 1 ( Alaska Highway ), which runs 20 km north of the lake, a dirt road branches off to the lake.
The main species of fish in the lake are: Arctic grayling , herring whitefish , Prosopium cylindraceum and American char . The lake forms the center of the Kusawa Territorial Park , a protected area with an area of around 3081 km².
"Kusawa" means "long, narrow lake" in the Tlingit language.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ environmentyukon.ca ( Memento from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Kusawa Territorial Park. Government of Yukon, accessed June 7, 2020 .