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Stuart N. Lake |
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23rd September 1889 |
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Rome, New York, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Stuart Lake is situated 60 km north of Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada. The town of Fort St. James is situated by the lake near the outlet (Stuart River) of this 66 km long, 10 km wide and relatively shallow lake. Fort St. James, has a lumber mill as do several smaller aboriginal communities in the basin. Treated sewage effluent of the town is discharged to the river downstream of the lake. The lake is usually ice-covered from mid-December to mid-April. Stuart Lake contains rainbow trout, char or lake trout, and burbot fish.
Hydrographical characteristics of the lake
- Area 358 km2
- Length of shoreline 170 km
- Volume 9.3 km3
- Mean Depth 26 m
- Maximum Depth 95 m
- Discharge 4.1 km3/yr
- Watershed area 14600 km2
- Lake elevation 680 m
Sources
- Boating the Large Lakes of Northern British Columbia
- Contaminants in Lake Sediments and Fish by Robie W. Macdonald, D. Patrick Shaw and Colin Gray (PDF)
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