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	Great Slave Lake - MSN Encarta
		Great Slave Lake, deep freshwater lake in the Fort Smith Region of the Northwest Territories, northwestern Canada.
		The lake is fed by the Slave and Hay rivers and is drained by the Mackenzie River.
		The eastern part of the lake has deep, clear waters and steep, rocky shores that cut into the edge of the Canadian Shield; the western part is shallow and has low marshy shores.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555544/Great_Slave_Lake.html (270 words)

	Great Slave Lake
		Great Slave, along with GREAT BEAR, ATHABASCA and a tangled chain of lakes between, are remnants of a single postglacial pool.
		Cold, very deep (614 m) and frozen 8 months of the year, Great Slave is a vast reservoir for numerous rivers and streams which spill over the crest of the Shield.
		Among these are the Yellowknife, Snare, Emile, Beaulieu, Snowdrift, Taltson and HAY; the Slave River carries the waters of the PEACE RIVER past thick forest into the flat, grassy marshes of the delta on the southern shore of the lake.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003430 (196 words)

	Great Slave Lake - LoveToKnow 1911
		GREAT SLAVE LAKE (ATHAPUSCOw), a lake of Mackenzie district, Canada.
		The Yellow-knife, Hoarfrost, Lockhart (discharging the waters of Aylmer, ClintonColden and Artillery Lakes), Tchzudezeth, Du Rocher, Hay (400 m.
		The bulk of its water empties by the Mackenzie river into the Arctic Ocean, but a small portion finds its way by the Ark-i-linik river into Hudson's Bay.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Great_Slave_Lake (168 words)

	Town of Hay River, Northwest Territories - Hub of the North
		Bordering the southern shoreline are a series of sand ridges and dunes that mark the former shoreline of the lake.
		The Lake is partially on the edge of the Canadian Shield and partly on the Interior Plateau (the north end of the Great Plains).
		The lake is cold and very deep; at 616 metres (2,027 feet), it is the sixth deepest in the world.
	www.hayriver.com /main/attractions_great_slave_lake.htm (496 words)

	Great Slave Lake — Infoplease.com
		The Hay and Slave rivers are its chief tributaries; it is drained by the Mackenzie River.
		Crossing the lake of fire: slave resistance during the Middle Passage, 1720-1842.
		Slave routes across the Sahara: although historians have tended to focus on the Atlantic slave trade in African people, the numbers......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0821688.html (398 words)

	Expedition to Great Slave Lake
		The northern shore of Great Slave Lake laps against the 4 billion year old rock of the Slave geological province.
		This glacial nose dive created Great Slave Lake, the 5th largest lake in North America, Great Bear Lake (the 4th largest) and Lake Athabaska (the 10th).
		Great Slave stretches 290 miles from the end of the East Arm to the half mile wide outflow of the Mackenzie River in its southwest corner.
	www.pygmyboats.com /Greatslavelake.htm (1643 words)

	Travel Notes For Canada: Traveling to Northwest Territories
		Great Britain transferred the arctic islands to Canada in 1880, which were included in the Northwest Territories.
		This area stretches from the north shore of Great Slave Lake, to the Barrenlands to Great Bear Lake and is known for bush planes, fishing, boating and canoeing.
		Great Slave Lake is similar to an inland sea and is 614 m (2015 ft.) deep at its deepest and is the second largest freshwater in Canada next to Lake Superior.
	travel-notes-world.com /canada/northwest-territories.cfm (533 words)

	Great Slave Lake Fishing Camp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The fishing possibilities are almost as endless as the majestic beauty of the lake itself.
		Fish for Trophy Northern Pike and Lake Trout, Arctic Grayling, and Lake Whitefish.
		Fly-out camping/fishing trips to Great Slave’s East Arm where the pike and trout are larger than most can imagine.
	www.adventurenw.com /greatslave.shtml (203 words)

	Great Slave Lake
		The lake forms two large bays, McLeod's Bay in the north and Christie's Bay in the south.
		It is connected with Artillery Lake, Clinton-Golden Lake, and Aylmer Lake, and the Mackenzie River flows out from it on the west.
		The Great Slave Railway (700 km/434 mi long) enables these minerals to be transported south.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023867.html (333 words)

	IPY: International Polar Year
		The objective of this investigation is to contribute to the IPY by investigating the heat and mass exchange and thermal characteristics of Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake.
		Great Bear Lake: On Great Bear Lake, intensive research (meteorology, radiation and lake temperature) was conducted in 2004 and 2005 funded from GEWEX-MAGS and Environment Canada (NWRI).
		Databases from past investigations on Great Slave Lake (1997-2002) and Great Bear Lake (2004-2005) form the basis for assessing the current state of the lakes, for comparative research on the interannual variability, and for assessing change of the lake heat and mass exchange and thermal components.
	classic.ipy.org /development/eoi/details.php?id=997 (1403 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (behind Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 meters (2015 ft), and the ninth-largest lake in the world.
		The Hay and Slave Rivers are its chief tributaries.
		South of Great Slave Lake, in a remote comer of Wood Buffalo National Park, is the nesting site of a remnant flock of whooping cranes, discovered in 1954.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Great_Slave_Lake (508 words)

	Great Slave Lake - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Great Slave Lake second largest lake of Canada, c.10,980 sq mi (28,400 sq km), Northwest Territories, named for the Slave (Dogrib), a tribe of Native Americans.
		The Hay and Slave rivers are its chief tributaries; it is drained by the Mackenzie River.
		Crossing the lake of fire: slave resistance during the Middle Passage, 1720-1842.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-GreatSla.html (513 words)

	Great Lakes (disambiguation) Summary
		Lake Superior's basin, although somewhat enlarged by glacial scouring, is the trough of a V-shaped fold in the rock termed a syncline.
		Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
		Great Sacandaga Lake is a lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York in the United States
	www.bookrags.com /Great_Lakes_(disambiguation) (1834 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Great Slave Lake
		Great Slave Lake (pronounced as SLAY-vi) is the second largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, behind Great Bear Lake, and the deepest lake in North America at 614 meters (2,015 ft.).
		The lake was named for the Slavey North American Indians.
		The Great Slave Lake is the deepest lake in North America, located on a continental tear, resulting in a rift lake.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Great_Slave_Lake (323 words)

	Global Lake and River Ice Phenology Database
		The spelling for some lake and river names may vary because of the way they were transliterated from the original language, for instance, Lake Baikal and Lake Baykal refer to the same lake, but were translated to the latin alphabet from the cyrillic alphabet in different ways.
		The Lake Ice Analysis Group is not liable for ensuring the accuracy of the original data; this is the responsibility of individual data contributors.
		Their view of the lake will not be flawless: (they may have limited view.) I have noted that lake residents will often call friends across the lake to verify their date.
	nsidc.org /data/docs/noaa/g01377_lake_river_ice (2339 words)

	Great Slave Lake - Definition, explanation
		Great Slave Lake is the second largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, behind Great Bear Lake, and the deepest lake in North America at 614 meters (2,015 ft.).
		The lake was named for the Slavey North American Indians.
		The Great Slave Lake is the deepest lake in North America, located on a continental tear, resulting in a rift lake.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/gr/great_slave_lake.php (183 words)

	Slave Lake
		David Thompson was the first recorded white explorer to discover Lesser Slave Lake in 1799, although the lake wasn’t officially named until almost half a century later.
		It was this tiny settlement, located at the mouth of the Lesser Slave River (the only body of water that drains Lesser Slave Lake) that became known as the community of Sawridge.
		The origin of the name of Slave Lake relates actually to the naming of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, where an aboriginal nation derogatorily named “Slavee” by several tribes of the invading Cree nation existed.
	www.slavelake.ca /rainbow/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en-US/tabID__3333/DesktopDefault.aspx (212 words)

	Protecting a Northern Great Lake
		Great Slave Lake, located in the Northwest Territories, is the deepest lake in North America and the fourth-largest in Canada.
		The shores of the lake between Yellowknife and Hay River are home to more than half the Territory's population, and fish from its waters support subsistence, sport and commercial fishing.
		Northern lakes such as this one are still relatively pristine, but, as scientists are now well aware, the continuing health of these lakes cannot be taken for granted and must be carefully studied and monitored.
	www.nwri.ca /sande/jan_feb_2002-e.html (649 words)

	Travel Canada's Northwest Territories
		Great Slave Lake stretches to the northern horizon like a vast inland sea.
		It’s one of the biggest, deepest freshwater lakes on the planet, and the second largest lake within Canada.
		Great Slave stretches 456 kilometres from east to west, and feeds the 1800 km long Mackenzie River, which flows north to the arctic coast.
	www.explorenwt.com /destinations/great_slave_gateway/index.asp (200 words)

	Frontier Fishing Lodge \| My Hunting Lodge
		Lake Trout are found in the Stark River, a few hundred yards from Frontier Fishing Lodge, and average between 1 and 2 pounds although they have been caught up to 5 pounds.
		It is generally dark blue on the back and purple grey on the sides, its outstanding characteristic being the large sail-like, highly colored dorsal fin; flish grey with a bright red band on the upper edge and a scattering of blue and violet spots.
		However, there are plenty of targets for the avowed pike fisherman in the lake and generally run between five and fifteen pounds, but fish in the 25-30 pound class have been caught.
	www.myhuntinglodge.com /huntinglodge390.htm (581 words)

	Frontier Fishing Lodge - Fishing North America - Great Slave Lake, NWT
		Lake Trout are found in the Stark River, a few hundred yards from Frontier Fishing Lodge, and average between 1 and 2 pounds although they have been caught up to 5 pounds.
		It is generally dark blue on the back and purple grey on the sides, its outstanding characteristic being the large sail-like, highly colored dorsal fin; flish grey with a bright red band on the upper edge and a scattering of blue and violet spots.
		However, there are plenty of targets for the avowed pike fisherman in the lake and generally run between five and fifteen pounds, but fish in the 25-30 pound class have been caught.
	www.fishingnorthamerica.com /fishingnorth390.htm (693 words)

	Great Slave Lake trophy lake fishing adventure Canadian Fly fishing Canada Lake Trout Northern Pike Arctic Grayling ...
		Each year some of the largest lake trout, northern pike and arctic grayling in Canada are caught in Great Slave Lake.
		The lake fishing lodge is located on the shores of the Taltheilei Narrows in the 100 mile long McLeod Bay.
		Frozen lakes, waist deep snow, wildlife, the howl of a wolf and the crisp, clear air...
	www.adventures.ca /gasnet/354-1.htm (461 words)

	Flyfishing Great Slave Lake Part 5 - Essentials - Flies, Tackle, Access, More
		Great Slave Lake is the 5th largest lake in North America covering a surface area of 80,000 Km².
		Yellowknife is situated on the west shore of Yellowknife Bay on the north arm of the lake.
		Yellowknife and Great Slave Lake can be accessed by taking Highway 2 north to Peace River via Lesser Slave Lake; then Highway 35 north to the Alberta border.
	www.about-flyfishing.com /library/weekly/aa030601e.htm (535 words)

	Great Slave Lake
		The lake was named for the slave North American Indians.
		British fur trader Samuel Hearne explored the area in 1771.
		In the 1930s, gold was discovered there, which lead to the establishment of Yellowknife, the territory's capital.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/gr/great_slave_lake.html (129 words)

	The SLAVE RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
		Muddied by the vast Peace-Athabasca delta from which it emerges, the river drains north along the Canadian Shield to Great Slave Lake, its steady flow broken only once by a dramatic series of violent rapids.
		Long regarded as the gateway to the Arctic by aboriginal hunters, the Slave is also the veteran of a starring role in the western fur trade of the 19th century.
		Today, the Slave is a favoured destination of canoeists, kayakers and rafters, and a magnet for naturalists, birders and other eco-tourists.
	www.greatcanadianrivers.com /rivers/slaveriver/slave-home.html (174 words)

	BBC - Nottingham Features - Crossing the Great Slave Lake : Preview
		A police team from Nottinghamshire is hoping to set a record by crossing the frozen Great Slave Lake in Canada in freezing temperatures.
		The six policemen and two policewomen are hoping to become the first group to make the 110-mile trek across the Great Slave Lake.
		The aim is to set a record by crossing the lake and also to raise money for charities, including the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nottingham/features/2003/02/crossing_the_slave_lake.shtml (277 words)

	LakeNet - Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Great Slave Lake is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume.
		Great Slave is fed by several rivers, the most important being the Slave River.
		The lake is drained by the MacKenzie River, which drains into the Arctic Ocean.
	www.worldlakes.org /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8843 (173 words)

	Blachford Lake Lodge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Their trail systems ran for hundreds of miles in the Great Slave Lake area and were the early “winter highways”.
		You wind down the trail to the 5 foot thick ice of Great Slave to view the pressure ridges.
		Continuing on Great Slave Lake you will most likely have to manoeuvre around ice ridges before connecting to the Thor Lake trail, up the steep hill from the big lake, then north to the lodge.
	www.blachfordlakelodge.com /winter_activities.htm (841 words)

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