Sekulmun Lake
| Sekulmun Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Isaac Creek , Albert Creek | |
| Drain | Tahgah River → Aishihik Lake | |
| Location close to the shore | Haines Junction | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 61 ° 27 ′ N , 137 ° 34 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1129 m | |
| surface | 49.85 km² | |
| length | 29 km | |
| width | 2.4 km | |
| Catchment area | 1240 km² | |
The Sekulmun Lake is a lake in Canada's Yukon Territory .
The 4,985 hectare Sekulmun Lake is 60 km north of Haines Junction between Aishihik Lake in the east and Kluane Lake in the west. Sekulmun Lake is an elongated lake, the north-south length of which is 29 km. The maximum width is 2.4 km. The lake is at an altitude of 1129 m . Sekulmun Lake is fed by Isaac Creek in the west and Albert Creek in the north. The catchment area of Sekulmun Lake covers 1240 km². The Tahgah River drains the lake at its northeastern end to nearby Aishihik Lake. The mean discharge is 5.6 m³ / s.
There are plans to divert the waters of Gladstone Creek , which flows to Kluane Lake, to Isaac Creek. The additional amount of water that would be added to the water system of Sekulmun Lake and Aishihik Lake could generate 18 GWh of electricity annually from the Aishihik hydropower plant .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lars Jessup, Oliver Barker, Nathan Millar: Lake Trout Population Assessment, Ta'tla Mun (Tatlmain Lake) 2011 (PDF, 710 kB) Yukon Dept. of Environment. 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Water Survey of Canada: Station 08AA008 ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2010) 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.
- ↑ yukonenergy.ca: Gladstone Diversion (PDF 4.6 MB)
