Aylmer Lake

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Aylmer Lake
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Aylmer Lake
Location Northwest Territories
Coordinates 64°08′N108°30′W / 64.133°N 108.500°W / 64.133; -108.500 (Aylmer Lake) [1]
Primary inflows Lockhart River
Primary outflows Lockhart River
Basin  countries Canada
Surface area847 km2 (327 sq mi)
Surface elevation375 m (1,230 ft)
References [2]

Aylmer Lake is a lake along the Lockhart River in the Northwest Territories of Canada. [3] Of lakes in the Northwest Territories, it is the seventh largest. [4]

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References

  1. Aylmer Lake | World Lakes Database – ILEC Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  3. Arctic Institute of North America (2005). Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North. University of Calgary Press. p. 167. ISBN   978-1-55238-159-5.
  4. "The Atlas of Canada – Lakes". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2011-01-29.