Great Bear Lake
The largest lake entirely inside Canada, in the Northwest Territories on the Arctic Circle. The Sahtu Dene community of Deline sits on its shore, and the lake is known for huge trout and cold, clear water.
- Where
- Deline, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 66.0000, -121.0000
Get the Great Bear Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Great Bear Lake. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Northwest Territories volume with your photos and a note.
Near Great Bear Lake
Nahanni National Park Reserve 544 km
A remote wilderness reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, reached mainly by floatplane or river. It protects the South Nahanni River, which drops over Virginia Falls, a cascade higher than Niagara Falls.
Great Slave Lake 591 km
The deepest lake in North America at 614 metres, in the Northwest Territories. Yellowknife stands on its north shore, and in winter the ice is thick enough to carry an ice road.
Wood Buffalo National Park 840 km
Canada's largest national park, covering 44,741 square kilometres across northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. It shelters one of the largest free roaming bison herds and the nesting grounds of the whooping crane.
Tr'ondëk-Klondike 871 km
A World Heritage landscape around Dawson City in Yukon, honouring the homeland of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and the sites of the Klondike Gold Rush. Fish camps, mining remains and the town itself show how the rush of 1896 changed the region.
SS Klondike 911 km
A sternwheeler on the bank of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, and a National Historic Site. The second boat of that name, it carried freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River.
Kluane National Park and Reserve 1,039 km
Two protected areas in the southwest corner of Yukon, with the park reserve set aside in 1972. The area covers more than 22,000 square kilometres of icefields and mountains, including Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan.
Mount Logan 1,136 km
Canada's highest mountain at 5,959 metres, in Kluane National Park in the Yukon. It has an enormous base with many ridges, and it was first climbed in 1925. The summit plateau is huge and cold, and the mountain lies in an icy wilderness reached mostly by ski plane.
Glacier Bay National Park 1,152 km
A great bay in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau, ringed by mountains and tidewater glaciers that break off into the sea. First protected as a national monument in 1925, it is best seen from the water, where boats pass humpback whales and walls of ice.
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Questions
Where is Great Bear Lake?
Great Bear Lake is in Deline, Northwest Territories, Canada. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nahanni National Park Reserve (544 km), Great Slave Lake (591 km), Wood Buffalo National Park (840 km).
How do I get the Great Bear Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Great Bear Lake and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Northwest Territories volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Great Bear Lake before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Northwest Territories volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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