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• The Great Slave Lake is located in the Northwest Territories of Canada and the ninth largest lake in the world. It is also the deepest lake in North America at 614 meters (2,010 ft) at its deepest point.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Remnant of a glacial lake
  2. Primary water sources: Hay River and Slave River
  3. Outflow: Mackenzie River
  4. Behind Great Bear Lake
  5. First settlers: First Nations
  6. Partially frozen 8 months of a year
  7. In the 1930s gold was discovered in the lake
  8. In 1978 a Russian satellite fell from orbit and landed in the lake
  9. Surrounding towns include: Yellowknife, Fort Providence, Hay River and Fort Resolution
  10. Shore length: 1,900 miles
  11. Surrounded by nearby Wood Buffalo National Park

• General Information

  The southern and eastern parts of the lake are surrounded by a granite edge embankment, while in the north and west lie flat lands. The lake has many islands, and in the east there is a hamlet of only a few hundred people, largely Chipewyan aboriginals of the Dene Nation.

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