Great Bear Lake

noun

1. a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories. 12,275 sq. mi. (31,792 sq. km).

Great Bear Lake

noun

1. a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the largest freshwater lake entirely in Canada; drained by the Great Bear River, which flows to the Mackenzie River. Area: 31 792 sq km (12 275 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the world record for lake trout is still held by Lloyd Bull, who hooked a 72-pound whopper at Great Bear Lake in Canada in 1995, per the International Game Fish Association.

From Fox News

The 50-mile-wide crater contains 530 cubic miles of water ice, as much as Great Bear Lake in northern Canada, and in the centre of the crater the ice is more than a mile thick.

From The Guardian

Ice covers the Amundsen Gulf, the Great Bear Lake, and several small lakes in Canada’s north-west territories and Nunavut.

From The Guardian

Great Bear Lake straddles the Arctic Circle in Canada and is home to the first Unesco Biosphere Reserve led by an indigenous community.

From New York Times

Taken together, the Unesco and self-government announcements reinforce Deline’s ability to control what happens to Great Bear Lake.

From New York Times