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Babine Lake
Babine Lake borders the Skeena and Omineca regions of central British Columbia, Canada. Vehicle access to the lake, via BC Highway 16 and Nilkitkwa forestry service road, is by road about 105 kilometres (65 mi) northeast of Smithers; via BC Highway 16 and Central Babine Lake Highway, is about 132 kilometres (82 mi) east of Smithers; or via Babine Lake Road, is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Burns Lake.
In 1812, fur traders James McDougall and Daniel Harmon of the North West Company (NWC) Fort St. James post travelled over the ice to what became known as "McDougall's Lake". The men were likely the first Europeans to explore the Skeena River system.
On observing that the women of the "Nata" tribe inserted an object between their teeth and lower lip that stretched the lip, a NWC employee called the tribe "Babine". At the time, the French word babine also meant a large lower lip like that of a cow or horse. The earliest known recorded mention of the name Babine's Lake is 1853 and Babine Lake is 1858. Trutch's 1871 map adopted this name. The lake was called Kit-koin by the Tsimshian and Na-taw-bun-kut ("long lake") by the Dakelh, now spelled Nado Bun.
The lake is the second largest and the longest of the natural lakes within BC. The length is 153 kilometres (95 mi) and the width 2 to 10 kilometres (1 to 6 mi). The surface area of 479 square kilometres (185 sq mi), plus 16 square kilometres (6 sq mi) of islands, covers 495 square kilometres (191 sq mi). The elevation is 711 metres (2,333 ft) above sea level.
The lake contains high levels of organic matter but low levels of nutrients, suspended solids, and trace metals. The mean depth is 55 metres (180 ft) and maximum depth is 186 metres (610 ft), though depth in much of the lake is in the 10 to 20 metres (33 to 66 ft) range.
By regions, the mean depth of the Main Arm is 68 metres (223 ft), the North Arm 18.7 metres (61 ft), and the Morrison Arm 11.4 metres (37 ft), causing the latter two to be ice covered six weeks longer than the main lake.
The lake has 37 significant tributaries, of which the Sutherland River, Pinkut Creek, Fulton Creek, Morrison Creek, and Shass Creek, are considered major.
The lake drains northwestward into the Babine River, an important tributary of the Skeena.
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Babine Lake
Babine Lake borders the Skeena and Omineca regions of central British Columbia, Canada. Vehicle access to the lake, via BC Highway 16 and Nilkitkwa forestry service road, is by road about 105 kilometres (65 mi) northeast of Smithers; via BC Highway 16 and Central Babine Lake Highway, is about 132 kilometres (82 mi) east of Smithers; or via Babine Lake Road, is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Burns Lake.
In 1812, fur traders James McDougall and Daniel Harmon of the North West Company (NWC) Fort St. James post travelled over the ice to what became known as "McDougall's Lake". The men were likely the first Europeans to explore the Skeena River system.
On observing that the women of the "Nata" tribe inserted an object between their teeth and lower lip that stretched the lip, a NWC employee called the tribe "Babine". At the time, the French word babine also meant a large lower lip like that of a cow or horse. The earliest known recorded mention of the name Babine's Lake is 1853 and Babine Lake is 1858. Trutch's 1871 map adopted this name. The lake was called Kit-koin by the Tsimshian and Na-taw-bun-kut ("long lake") by the Dakelh, now spelled Nado Bun.
The lake is the second largest and the longest of the natural lakes within BC. The length is 153 kilometres (95 mi) and the width 2 to 10 kilometres (1 to 6 mi). The surface area of 479 square kilometres (185 sq mi), plus 16 square kilometres (6 sq mi) of islands, covers 495 square kilometres (191 sq mi). The elevation is 711 metres (2,333 ft) above sea level.
The lake contains high levels of organic matter but low levels of nutrients, suspended solids, and trace metals. The mean depth is 55 metres (180 ft) and maximum depth is 186 metres (610 ft), though depth in much of the lake is in the 10 to 20 metres (33 to 66 ft) range.
By regions, the mean depth of the Main Arm is 68 metres (223 ft), the North Arm 18.7 metres (61 ft), and the Morrison Arm 11.4 metres (37 ft), causing the latter two to be ice covered six weeks longer than the main lake.
The lake has 37 significant tributaries, of which the Sutherland River, Pinkut Creek, Fulton Creek, Morrison Creek, and Shass Creek, are considered major.
The lake drains northwestward into the Babine River, an important tributary of the Skeena.