Tagish Lake | |
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Location | Yukon, British Columbia |
Coordinates | 60°00′N 134°15′W / 60.000°N 134.250°W |
Primary inflows | Wann River, Swanson River, Fantail River, Tutshi River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 100 km (62 mi) |
Max. width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Surface area | 361 km2 (139 sq mi) |
Tagish Lake is a lake in Yukon and northern British Columbia, Canada. The lake is more than 100 km (62 mi) long and about 2 km (1 mi) wide.
It has two arms, the Taku Arm in the east which is very long and mostly in British Columbia and Windy Arm in the west, mostly in Yukon. The Klondike Highway runs along Windy Arm south of Carcross. Bennett Lake flows into Tagish Lake, so the northern portion of Tagish Lake was part of the route to the Klondike used by gold-seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush.