What is the largest lake entirely located in Canada?
Lakes There are some two million lakes in Canada, covering about 7.6 percent of the Canadian landmass. The main lakes, in order of the surface area located in Canada (many large lakes are traversed by the Canada-U.S. border), are Huron, Great Bear, Superior, Great Slave, Winnipeg, Erie and Ontario. The largest lake situated entirely in Canada is Great Bear Lake (31 328 km2) in the Northwest Territories. The deepest lake is Great Slave Lake, N.W.T., 614 metres. The Great Lakes – Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario – are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world. They have a total surface area of 245 000 square kilometres, of which about one third is in Canada; only Lake Michigan is entirely within the USA. Ontario is the only province, state, or territory that borders all 4 Great Lakes that touch Canada. The largest lake in the world to drain naturally in two directions is Wollaston Lake in Saskatchewan, 2681 square kilometres. It flows north into the Mackenzie River ba
