Quesnel Lake
| Quesnel Lake | ||
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| Quesnel Lake - Hurricane Point | ||
| Geographical location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Horsefly River , Niagara Creek , Mitchell River | |
| Drain | Quesnel River | |
| Location close to the shore | Quesnel | |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 31 ′ N , 121 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 728 m | |
| surface | 266 km² | |
| length | 95 km | |
| width | 3.5 km | |
| Maximum depth | 506 m | |
| Catchment area | 6200 km² | |
Quesnel Lake is a lake in the eastern part of the Canadian province of British Columbia .
The lake is located in the Quesnel Highlands on the edge of the Cariboo Mountains . It is drained from the Quesnel River to the Fraser River . The lake has an area of 266 km². With a maximum depth of 506 m, it is the deepest lake in British Columbia. The lake has a Y-shaped shape. The 30 km long northern arm is fed by the Mitchell River , while Niagara Creek flows into the 50 km long southern arm. The maximum length of Quesnel Lake is 95 km. It has a width of up to 3.5 km. The Horsefly River meets the outflow end of Quesnel Lake from the south. The Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park touches the lake at both ends.
In 2014 that broke sedimentation basin of the adjacent copper and gold mine Mount Polley ( Mount Polley-dam failure ) and 25 million m 3 of water and mud flowed into the Quesnel Lake.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The heat budget of Quesnel Lake, British Columbia (PDF; 2.4 MB).
- ↑ Ellen L. Petticrew, Sam J. Albers, Susan A. Baldwin, Eddy C. Carmack, Stephen J. Déry, Nikolaus Gantner, Kelly E. Graves, Bernard Laval, John Morrison, Philip N. Owens, Daniel T. Selbie, Svein Vagle: The impact of a catastrophic mine tailings impoundment spill into one of North America's largest fjord lakes: Quesnel Lake, British Columbia, Canada . In: Geophysical Research Letters . tape 42 , no. 9 , May 16, 2015, p. 3347 , doi : 10.1002 / 2015GL063345 .