Quesnel Lake
Quesnel Lake is the source for the
Quesnel River, and is located just northeast of the community of Horsefly, in
British Columbia's southern interior.
Quesnel Lake is thought to be the deepest known lake in North America, and the deepest
fjord lake in the world, at a maximum recorded depth of 530 metres.1 It covers an area of of roughly 263 square kilometres.2
- 1. Quesnel Lake, BC Geographical Names Information System.
- 2. Ibid.
Mentions of this place in the documents
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Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 4 October 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10955,
298.
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The Colonial Despatches: Quesnel River
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Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 2
May 1861, CO 60:10, no. 5478, 233.
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Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16
July 1862, CO 60:13, no. 8653, 277.
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Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 7 October 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10957,
315.
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Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 22 November 1867, CO 60:29, no.
1204, 366.
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Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 28 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10953,
292.