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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Snare River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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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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