Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Northwest Territories, Canada by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 2 articles we have published for Northwest Territories, Canada lakes.
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Below are lakes within Canada > Northwest Territories, Canada > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Northwest Territories, Canada, only the 2 Northwest Territories, Canada lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Great Slave Lake, NT (Canada, Northwest Territories, Canada) |
2,010 ft | Great Slave Lake is the fifth-largest lake (by acreage) in North America and, following Great Bear Lake, is the second-largest in Canada. A natural la… |
| Great Bear Lake, NT (Canada, Northwest Territories, Canada) |
1,463 ft | Great Bear Lake is located in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a natural lake, encircled by wilderness, and the largest lake completely in C… |