Snare River
The Snare River is a river in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is connected to Great Slave Lake via Marian Lake and Frank Channel and hosts the Snare Hydro System, four hydroelectric plants about 140 km northwest of Yellowknife which it powers along with the nearby communities of Behchokǫ̀ and Dettah.- Stream
- Description: watercourse in the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Latitude
63.11712° or 63° 7′ 2″ north
Longitude
-115.88603° or 115° 53′ 10″ west
Open location code
95M64487+RH
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Snare River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Snare River (suba sa Northwest Territories)”
- Cebuano: “Snare River”
- German: “Snare River”
- Swedish: “Snare River”
- “Snare”
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