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Great Bear Lake

American  

noun

  1. a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories. 12,275 sq. mi. (31,792 sq. km).


Great Bear Lake British  

noun

  1. a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the largest freshwater lake entirely in Canada; drained by the Great Bear River, which flows to the Mackenzie River. Area: 31 792 sq km (12 275 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Meanwhile, the world record for lake trout is still held by Lloyd Bull, who hooked a 72-pound whopper at Great Bear Lake in Canada in 1995, per the International Game Fish Association.

From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2020

Great Bear Lake straddles the Arctic Circle in Canada and is home to the first Unesco Biosphere Reserve led by an indigenous community.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2017

He made part of the trip by dog sled, arrived at Great Bear Lake where the thermometer registered 70� below zero.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Most important mineral discovery in many years," noted Hugh S. Spence of the Canadian Department of Mines, are two veins of pitchblende at Great Bear Lake, Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

About three miles from the mouth of Dease River we came to a limestone formation, which has been already noticed in the account of the geological structure of the shores of Great Bear Lake.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

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