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GREAT BEAR LAKE

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 398 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GREAT
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BEAR
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LAKE  , an extensive
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sheet of fresh
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water in the
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north-
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west of
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Canada, between 65° and 67° N., and 117° and 123° W . It is of very irregular shape, has an estimated
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area of 11,200 sq. m., a
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depth of 270 ft., and is upwards of 200 ft. above the
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sea . It is 195 M. in length, and from 25 to 45 in breadth, though the greatest distance between its
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northern and,
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southern arms is about 18o m . The
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Great
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Bear
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river discharges its
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waters into the
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Mackenzie river . It is full of
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fish, and the neighbouring
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country, though barren and uncultivated, contains quantities of
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game .

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