Lake Laberge

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lake_name = Lake Laberge
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location = Yukon
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inflow = Yukon River
outflow = Yukon River
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Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is over 50 kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide.

Robert W. Service's poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" makes reference to it, as does Jack London's "The Call of the Wild" and "". Prospectors in the Klondike Gold Rush would pass Lake Laberge on their way down the Yukon River till Dawson City.

Lake Laberge's water temperature is very cold. Canoers that take out from the shore are constantly reminded of strong winds and lage waves that can whip up within a short period of time.

External links

* [http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tour/40/index_e.php Lake Laberge at Natural Resources Canada]