Dubawnt Lake
| Dubawnt Lake | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Dubawnt River | | |
| Primary outflows | Dubawnt River | |
| Basin countries | Canada | |
| Surface area | 3,833 km2 (1,480 sq mi) | |
| Surface elevation | 236 m (774 ft) | |
| Islands | Snow Island | |
| Settlements | uninhabited | |
| References | [1][2] | |
Dubawnt Lake is a lake in the
Caribou Inuit. The first recorded European to reach the lake was Samuel Hearne in 1770, but it remained largely unknown to outsiders until it was explored by Joseph Tyrrell
in 1893. There are no permanent settlements but there are fly-in fish camps where large lake trout can be caught during the two month ice-free season.
Dubawnt River
The Dubawnt River is 874 km (543 mi) long and begins in the Northwest Territories from a tributary of Wholdaia Lake northwest of the Four Corners. There is a portage from the Flett Lake tributary of Wholdaia Lake to Selwyn Lake which drains southwest to Lake Athabasca. In 1893 Joseph Tyrrell canoed from Lake Athabasca down the Dubawnt to Chesterfield Inlet. Lakes along the river are Wholdaia, Barlow, Cary, Markham, Nicholson, Dubawnt, (Dubawnt Gorge), Grant, Wharton and Beverly. East of the Dubawnt, the Kazan River also flows north to join the Thelon.
Ethnography
The area of the lake was once home to
Caribou Inuit group.[3]
Wildlife
Dubawnt Lake is home to many animals, including blackflies, foxes, wolves and many birds of prey.
See also
References
- ^ "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ^ a b "World Lake Database (Dubawnt Lake)". Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
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