Kootenay Lake
Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Kootenay River. The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s–70s, has changed the ecosystem in and around the water.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Corra Linn Dam”, “Kootenay-See”, “Кутеней (езеро)”, “Кутеней (озеро в Канаде)”, “クートネー湖”, and “クートネイ湖”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ainsworth Hot Springs-Balfour.
Kootenay Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.7125° or 49° 42′ 45″ north
Longitude
-116.88333° or 116° 53′ west
Elevation
530 metres (1,739 feet)
Open location code
85X5P478+2M
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Kootenay Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كوتيناي”
- Bulgarian: “Кутни (езеро)”
- Bulgarian: “Кутни”
- Catalan: “Kootenay Lake”
- Cebuano: “Kootenay Lake”
- Chinese: “庫特內湖”
- Chuvash: “Кутеней”
- Czech: “Kootenay”
- Dutch: “Kootenay Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كوتيناى”
- French: “lac Kootenay”
- French: “Lac Kootenay”
- German: “Kootenay Lake”
- Hebrew: “אגם קוטנאי”
- Italian: “lago Kootenay”
- Italian: “Lago Kootenay”
- Japanese: “クーテネー湖”
- Macedonian: “Кутни (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Кутни”
- Polish: “Kootenay”
- Portuguese: “Lago Kootenay”
- Russian: “Кутеней (озеро)”
- Russian: “Кутеней”
- Serbian: “Кутенеј”
- Serbian: “Кутни”
- Slovenian: “jezero Kootenay”
- Spanish: “Lago Kootenay”
- Swedish: “Kootenay Lake”
- Ukrainian: “Кутеней”
- Venetian: “lago Kootenay”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Walkers and Ainsworth Hot Springs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mile Point and Loon Lake.
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