Quesnel Lake
Quesnel Lake is a glacial lake or fjord in British Columbia, Canada, and is the major tributary of the Fraser River. With a maximum depth of 511 m, it is claimed to be the deepest fjord lake in the world, the deepest lake in BC, and the third-deepest lake in North America, after Great Slave Lake and Crater Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Quesnel Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: glacial lake in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Quesnel Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كويسنيل”
- Cebuano: “Quesnel Lake”
- Chinese: “克內爾湖”
- Dutch: “Quesnel Lake”
- French: “lac Quesnel”
- French: “Lac Quesnel”
- Georgian: “კვესნელის ტბა”
- German: “Quesnel Lake”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Κουέσνελ”
- Italian: “Lago Quesnel”
- Japanese: “クェスネル湖”
- Japanese: “クエスネル湖”
- Kurdish: “Gola Quesnel”
- Mingrelian: “კვესნელიშ ტობა”
- Portuguese: “Lago Quesnel”
- Russian: “Квеснел”
- Russian: “Кенель”
- Serbian: “Квезнел”
- Spanish: “Lago Quesnel”
- Swedish: “Quesnel Lake”
- Ukrainian: “Квеснел (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Квеснел”
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