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

In 1930, remembering that he had read or heard somewhere that there were cobalt stains on the east shore of Great Bear Lake, he set out to see.

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

Monday, 5th.At four p.m. we arrived at the foot of the upper rapid, and in two hours afterwards entered the Great Bear Lake, and reached the house at seven.

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