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Great Slave Lake is the second largest lake in the Canadian territory of Northwest Territories, behind Great Bear Lake, and the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres (2,015'), covering an area of the southern part of the territory of 28,400 square kilometres. It was named for the slave North American Indians. It is 480 kilometres long and 19 to 109 kilometres wide. British fur trader Samuel Hearne explored the area in 1771. In the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc, goldFor alternative meanings, see gold (disambiguation Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Au ( L. aurum and atomic number 79. A soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, malleable, ductile (trivalent and univalent) transition metal, gold d was discovered there, which lead to the establishment of YellowknifeYellowknife (62°27′N, 114°21′W MST) is the territorial capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, and the only settlement in the territory to be legally a city. Yellowknife was founded as a gold mining town in the 1930s. The local, provincial,, the territory's capitalThis article concerns places that serve as centers of government and politics. For alternative meanings see capital (disambiguation In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meanin. Other towns around the lake include: Fort Providence , Hay RiverHay River is a community on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Hay River is the northernmost point in Canada served by railway (namely, the Canadian National Railway). Northwest Territories communities. and Fort Resolution .
See also:
Lakes of Canada
Rift lakes
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