Great Bear Lake

American  

noun

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

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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)

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Example Sentences

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

Ltd.'s rich pitchblende field in the Northwest Territories' Great Bear Lake region.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most authorities believe that the Belgian Congo's Katanga region and Canada's Eldorado mine on Great Bear Lake contain the world's biggest uranium reserves.

From Time Magazine Archive

So thought MacSweenie as he sat one fine spring morning on a rude chair of his own making in front of the outpost on Great Bear Lake which he had helped to build.

From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)