Bear Lake

Bear Lake is a lake in Northwest Territories, Northern Canada.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dettah.

Dettah

Village

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Dettah sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah, is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a 27 km drive via the Ingraham Trail, year-round. Dettah is situated 7 km northwest of Bear Lake.

Bear Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

62.38077° or 62° 22′ 51″ north

Longitude

-114.18463° or 114° 11′ 5″ west

Elevation

216 metres (709 feet)

Open location code

95J79RJ8+84

GeoNames ID

5896122

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