Kathleen Lake

Kathleen Lake
Kathleen Lake
Mät'àtäna Mǟn
	Kathleen Lake from the eastern shore
	Kathleen Lake Kathleen Lake
Location	Yukon
Coordinates	60°34′49″N 137°18′07″W / 60.5802°N 137.3019°W
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	3,376 ha (8,340 acres)
Average depth	52.2 m (171 ft)
Max. depth	111 m (364 ft)
Surface elevation	731 metres (2,398 ft)

Kathleen Lake (native name : Mät'àtäna Mǟn meaning 'something frozen inside lake')^[1] is a lake in Yukon, Canada, located south of the town of Haines Junction within Kluane National Park and Reserve. Located at Haines Highway Kilometre 219.7. It hosts a day-use area, a boat launch, a campground, and several hiking trails, including the challenging 3.1 mi (5 km) ascent to King's Throne, a natural, glacially-formed amphitheater overlooking the lake.^[2]

Kathleen Lake is characterized by exceptionally clear waters and the presence of kokanee salmon, a landlocked population of sockeye living and reproducing solely in freshwater bodies.^[3] Located at an elivation of 731 m (2,398 ft) it is the largest lake wholly within the national park's boundaries, with an area of 3,376 ha (8,340 acres), a maximum depth of 111 m (364 ft) and an average depth of 52.2 m (171 ft).^[4]

Kathleen Lake was named for a girl from Berwickshire County, Scotland, left behind by William "Scotty" Hume (1868–1950), a North-West Mounted Police constable (Reg. #2259) stationed on the Dalton Trail from 1900 to 1902.^[5]

References

^ "Kathleen Lake". Yukon Geographical Place Names. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
^ Canada, Parks Canada Agency, Government of (28 March 2017). "index". Pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 29 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Kathleen Lake - Kluane parks and places - Kluane, Yukon things to do - eh Canada Travel". Ehcanadatravel.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ Osborne, Clive (1991), "Creel Census of Kethleen Lake and River, Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, 1990." (PDF), Fish & Wildlife Branch Report SR-91-1, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada: Yukon Renewable Resources
^ From etymology information obtained in 2012 from memos at the Haines Junction Da Kų (Our House) Cultural Centre. "Kathleen" may have been a diminutive for Catherine; there were very few people in Scotland at the time with the formal name of Kathleen. Hume was born and lived in Berwickshire County until 1884 (age 16), when he immigrated to Canada without his parents. In 1889, he joined the N-WMP. By 1911, he had married a Southern Tutchone girl, had had three children, and eventually left numerous descendants in the Haines Jct. area, including a few who worked at the Cultural Centre.

Gallery

Kings Throne Peak on south shore of Kathleen Lake
Mt. Worthington on northwest shore of Kathleen Lake

[1] "Kathleen Lake". Yukon Geographical Place Names. Retrieved 2019-12-26.

[2] Canada, Parks Canada Agency, Government of (28 March 2017). "index". Pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 29 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] "Kathleen Lake - Kluane parks and places - Kluane, Yukon things to do - eh Canada Travel". Ehcanadatravel.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[4] Osborne, Clive (1991), "Creel Census of Kethleen Lake and River, Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, 1990." (PDF), Fish & Wildlife Branch Report SR-91-1, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada: Yukon Renewable Resources

[DaKu-5] From etymology information obtained in 2012 from memos at the Haines Junction Da Kų (Our House) Cultural Centre. "Kathleen" may have been a diminutive for Catherine; there were very few people in Scotland at the time with the formal name of Kathleen. Hume was born and lived in Berwickshire County until 1884 (age 16), when he immigrated to Canada without his parents. In 1889, he joined the N-WMP. By 1911, he had married a Southern Tutchone girl, had had three children, and eventually left numerous descendants in the Haines Jct. area, including a few who worked at the Cultural Centre.

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