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595:References
508:Knob Creek
456:Bering Sea
448:Marsh Lake
436:Nares Lake
371:White Pass
278:Mount Gray
270:Nares Lake
229:Max. depth
205:Max. width
141:Bering Sea
109:60°05′30″N
1004:Williston
969:Kinbasket
683:11 August
678:1488-5379
483:Dry Creek
426:Hydrology
307:state of
984:Okanagan
974:Kootenay
964:Harrison
954:Cowichan
918:Thompson
873:Kootenay
863:Cowichan
858:Columbia
749:8 August
573:See also
567:ca. 1898
84:Location
989:Shuswap
979:Nechako
913:Stikine
903:Quesnel
893:Nechako
883:Nanaimo
462:Inflows
369:or the
349:History
324:Bennett
313:Skagway
250:Islands
999:Teslin
994:Tagish
949:Babine
908:Skeena
868:Fraser
850:Rivers
676:
309:Alaska
301:Canada
187:Canada
944:Atlin
936:Lakes
898:Peace
878:Liard
743:(PDF)
716:(PDF)
666:(PDF)
648:(PDF)
297:Yukon
287:is a
181:Basin
92:Yukon
1010:more
924:more
888:Nass
751:2024
685:2024
674:ISSN
363:Dyea
295:and
289:lake
264:The
1012:...
926:...
840:of
446:to
272:in
1552::
779:.
724:^
693:^
668:.
620:.
614:.
603:^
458:.
276:.
90:,
830:e
823:t
816:v
785:.
687:.
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