Bennett Lake
Lake in Yukon Territory, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bennett Lake is a lake in the Province of British Columbia and Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada,[1] at an elevation of 642 m (2,106 ft).[2] It is just north of the border with the United States state of Alaska, near the Alaskan port of Skagway.
Bennett Lake | |
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Location | British Columbia, Yukon |
Coordinates | 60°05′30″N 134°51′56″W[1] |
Part of | Bering Sea drainage basin |
Primary inflows | Watson River, Wheaton River, Partridge River, Homan River |
Primary outflows | Nares River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 41 km (25 mi) |
Max. width | 3.6 km (2.2 mi) |
Surface elevation | 642 m (2,106 ft) |
Islands | Bennett Lake |
The narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad connects the community of Bennett at the south end of the lake with Skagway further south and Whitehorse, Yukon on the north. It runs between Skagway and Fraser, British Columbia during the summer months.
The abandoned town of Bennett, British Columbia, historically usually referred to as Lake Bennett or Bennett Lake and the town of Carcross, Yukon are on the shores of Bennett Lake.