- Quesnel Lake
Infobox_lake
lake_name = Quesnel Lake
image_lake = Quesnel Lake.gif
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
coords = coord|52.536273|N|121.04187|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-BC|display=inline,title
type = glacial,fjord lake , oligotrophic
inflow =Horsefly River Mitchell River
Niagara Creek
outflow =Quesnel River (total 131m3)
catchment = 6,200 km²
basin_countries = Canada
location =British Columbia
length =
width =
area = 266 km²
depth = 157 m
max-depth = 506 m
volume = 41.8 km³
shore =
elevation = 728 m [Elevation fromGoogle Earth ]
residence_time = 10.1 years
islands =
cities = Likely, Horsefly
frozen =Quesnel Lake is a
glacial lake or fjord inBritish Columbia ,Canada . With a maximum depth of 506 meters, it is the deepest lake in British Columbia, though not the deepest lake in Canada, as is often claimed. That distinction belongs toGreat Slave Lake cite web | title=the Teaching & Learning About Canada Website|url=http://www.canadainfolink.ca/chartnine.htm| accessdate=June 17 | accessyear=2007] . It is the deepest glacial lake in the worldcite web | title=Quesnel Lake's heat budget|url=http://supercritical.civil.ubc.ca/~efmweb/djpotts/PottsThesis.pdf| accessdate=June 17 | accessyear=2007] .References
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