Little Salmon Lake
| Little Salmon Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Magundy River , Drury Creek | |
| Drain | Little Salmon River | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 62 ° 11 ′ N , 134 ° 41 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 615 m | |
| surface | 63 km² | |
| length | 32 km | |
| width | 2 km | |
| Maximum depth | > 140 m | |
| Middle deep | 62 m | |
| Catchment area | 1979 km² | |
The Little Salmon Lake ( English for "small salmon lake") is a lake in the Canadian Yukon Territory .
Little Salmon Lake is 65 km east of Carmacks and 160 km north of Whitehorse . The lake extends over a length of 32 km in an east-west direction. Its maximum width is 2 km. It lies at an altitude of about 600 m . Little Salmon Lake is over 140 m deep. The lake is fed by the Magundy River and Drury Creek at its eastern end . At the western end, the Little Salmon River leaves the lake and flows west to the Yukon River . The Yukon Highway 4 (Robert Campbell Highway) runs along the north shore of the lake. The up to 1752 m high mountain range of the Little Salmon Range extends along the north bank . South of the lake lies the 1,784 m high Snowcap Mountain . There is a state campground at Little Salmon Lake.
Web links
- Bathymetric map. environmentyukon.ca
- lakepedia.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ environmentyukon.ca ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
