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This article is about the lake. For the meteorite, see
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518:Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
367:language. Other sources translate
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396:List of lakes of British Columbia
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1327:Lakes of British Columbia
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200:119 km (74 mi)
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208:3.2 km (2 mi)
32:Tagish Lake (meteorite)
1214:Strait of Juan de Fuca
1061:Queen Charlotte Strait
938:Princess Royal Channel
339:meteorite collection.
314:carbonaceous chondrite
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948:Queen Charlotte Sound
933:Prince Rupert Harbour
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130:60.000°N 134.250°W
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1194:Satellite Channel
1134:Discovery Passage
898:Grenville Channel
878:Finlayson Channel
830:Skidegate Channel
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16:(Redirected from
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1234:Victoria Harbour
1169:Okisollo Channel
1164:Malaspina Strait
1129:Desolation Sound
1026:Johnstone Strait
958:Seaforth Channel
943:Principe Channel
908:Juan Perez Sound
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1104:Boundary Bay
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1051:Phillips Arm
1036:Knight Inlet
991:Belize Inlet
973:Wright Sound
953:Rivers Inlet
913:Lama Passage
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237:Water volume
213:Surface area
166:Tutshi River
1337:Yukon River
1287:Pachena Bay
1139:Haro Strait
1094:Active Pass
1011:Drury Inlet
968:Smith Sound
963:Smith Inlet
845:North Coast
815:Laskeek Bay
797:Haida Gwaii
604:Hydrography
359:in the old
321:Tagish Lake
275:Tagish Lake
197:Max. length
133: /
108:Coordinates
81:Tagish Lake
40:Tagish Lake
1316:Categories
1272:Hansen Bay
1257:Brooks Bay
1224:Toba Inlet
1179:Ramsay Arm
1154:Howe Sound
1086:Salish Sea
1001:Call Inlet
996:Bute Inlet
562:2006-12-01
536:2006-12-01
503:2006-12-01
402:References
365:Athabascan
229:Max. depth
205:Max. width
154:Wann River
54:Atlin Lake
770:Williston
735:Kinbasket
473:10 August
435:10 August
357:fish trap
317:meteorite
750:Okanagan
740:Kootenay
730:Harrison
720:Cowichan
684:Thompson
639:Kootenay
629:Cowichan
624:Columbia
552:"Tagish"
390:See also
351:people.
343:The name
121:134°15′W
93:Location
18:Taku Arm
755:Shuswap
745:Nechako
679:Stikine
669:Quesnel
659:Nechako
649:Nanaimo
118:60°00′N
765:Teslin
760:Tagish
715:Babine
674:Skeena
634:Fraser
616:Rivers
369:Tagish
355:means
353:Tagish
349:Tagish
331:, and
188:Canada
710:Atlin
702:Lakes
664:Peace
644:Liard
467:(PDF)
429:(PDF)
381:swans
375:Fauna
363:, an
283:Yukon
277:is a
183:Basin
97:Yukon
776:more
690:more
654:Nass
475:2024
437:2024
333:NASA
279:lake
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281:in
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