• "Great Slave Lake is actually a very terrible name, unless you're a proponent of slavery," says Dëneze Nakehk'o, a Northwest Territories educator and founding...
  • There are many ways to experience the beauty of Great Slave Lake. One of the best ways is to take a boat tour and explore the lake's numerous islands and bays.
  • Employment as a waitress or chambermaid at Arctic Star Lodge, on the North-East Arm of Great Slave Lake, should, I suppose, have been a bit disconcerting.
  • It has a complex shoreline, numerous islands, and great depth. Christie Bay, at 614 m, makes Great Slave Lake North America’s deepest glacial lake.
  • The French merely dealt with the Cree peoples, thus the large lake was called for a long time “Grand Lac des Esclaves”, translating to Great Slave Lake in English.
  • The remainder of Great Slave Lake was included in Treaty 11, which was signed in 1921 at Fort Providence by the Tlicho and other Dene groups from the region.
  • Due to the lake’s varying water depths and the climate and plant life in the area, there are many chances for excellent birdwatching on Great Slave Lake.
  • () Covered by ice for eight months of the year, Great Slave Lake is the fifth largest lake in North America and the 10th largest lake in the world.
  • It is peaceful and pretty. Great Slave Lake is huge, the second largest lake in Canada and the deepest in North America.
  • Some of the oldest rocks in the world have been found in the Northwest Territories. Great Slave Lake’s north shore is home to rocks as old as 2.7-billion years.