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McArthur Lake (Northwest Territories)

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40: 63: 188:. The lake is about 12 miles (19 km) long from east to west. The southern extension of the lake connects to Burpee Lake. It lies just to the south of the tree line. Annual average temperature is −8 °C (18 °F). The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 16 °C (61 °F), and the coldest is December with −25 °C (−13 °F). Campsites in the area typically have small groves of 70: 256:. The river rises near a series of lakes, including Coventry Lake and Dymond Lake in the northeast of the basin. It flows north to McArthur Lake, then west to Gray Lake. From there it flows to the southern shore of 252:
basin has a subhumid, high boreal ecoclimate. Summers are typically cool and winters are very cold. It covers about 11,486 square kilometres (4,435 sq mi) upstream from Gray Lake, an arm of
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people habitually gathered at the lake to build canoes. It was given its present name on 6 June 1957 in honour of Warrant Officer Edwin Matthew McArthur, 405 Squadron of the
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Report of 2016 Bedrock Activities for the Geologic and Metallogenic Framework of the South Rae Craton, Southeast NWT: GEM 2 South Rae Quaternary and Bedrock Project
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Percival, John; Martel, Edith; Pehrsson, Sally; Acosta-Góngora, Pedro; Regis, Daniele; Thiessen, Eric; Jamison, D; Neil, B; Knox, Bernadette (2016),
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found that 75% were over the commercial guideline and 100% over the frequent consumption guideline. Analysis of four specimens of
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by summer. He described Dene canoe building at Lake Clowey. Based on Hearne's account, it seems possible that
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on Hudson Bay on 7 December 1770 with a party of Chipewyan people, aiming to reach the
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Berman, R.G.; Pehrsson, Sally; Davis, W.J.; Ryan, J.J.; Qui, H; Ashton, K.E.. (2013),
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Fuller, W. A. (September 1999), "Samuel Hearne's Track: Some Obscurities Clarified",
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A Journey From Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean
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Freshwater Saga: Memoirs of a Lifetime of Wilderness Canoeing in Canada
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Illustration of canoe building at Lake Clowey (McArthur Lake), from
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Teaching the Whole Body: Apprenticeships in Gwich'in Canoe Building
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A Place of Honour: War Casualties Commemorated in NWT Place Names
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McArthur Lake is about 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of
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The McCann–McArthur Lake region is in the southwestern
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McArthur Lake seems to be the lake that the explorer
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McArthur Lake, Northwest Territories

Samuel Hearne
McArthur Lake is located in Canada
Northwest Territories
61°34′02″N 106°47′38″W / 61.567361°N 106.793764°W / 61.567361; -106.793764
Basin
Northwest Territories
Taltson River
Great Slave Lake
Lake Athabasca
Great Slave Lake
spruce
birch
jack pines
Samuel Hearne
Chipewyan
Prince of Wales Fort
Arctic Ocean
Slavey
Dogrib Dene
Royal Canadian Air Force
World War II
Taltson River
Nonacho Lake
Great Slave Lake
Rae Craton
lake trout
lake whitefish

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