Drained to the west by the namesake river into the Mackenzie River, for ten points, identify this fourth-largest lake in North America and the largest lake entirely in Canada.
The main settelements on this body of water are located near Echo and Sawmill bays on the east, where one can find the Port Radium mining area, and Fort Franklin on the west coast. The Acasta people were the first to live on its shores, and upon its first discovery by European traders, Athabascan tribes such as the Dogrib and the Hare lived in its vicinity. Noted for its speckled trout, this lake is in the Fort Smith southern Inuvik regions of the Northwest Territories, where it straddles the Arctic circle. Drained to the west by the namesake river into the Mackenzie River, for ten points, identify this fourth-largest lake in North America and the largest lake entirely in Canada.
The main settelements on this body of water are located near Echo and Sawmill bays on the east, where one can find the Port Radium mining area, and Fort Franklin on the west coast.
{Great Bear} Lake