PAGE 16 3313-N. Kalum Lakes are commonplace in British Columbia and people wonder how many there are, and also how large or deep they may be. Surprisingly, fresh water covers only about 2 per cent of the total area of the Province. In comparison with other Canadian provinces, British Columbia is not heavily endowed with inland water in the form of lakes, For example, Manitoba, appreciably smaller than British Columbia, has over [5 per cent of its surface covered with fresh water, How Many Lakes in British Columbia? Let us first ask, “Just what is a lake?’ Should all permanent ponds, potholes, and tarns be counted? According to Forel, a Swiss limnologist who founded the scientific study of inland waters in the mid-1800's, they should, He defined a lake as ‘a body of standing water occupying a basin ‘and. lack- ing continuity with the sea.” Such a count, at pres- ent, at least, would be virtually impossible as some areas of the Province are not adequately mapped or covered with low-level photography. There are over 16,000 lakes in British Columbia more than half of which are in the In- The central Interior region, by no means the largest contains more lakes than any other area in the Province, In part, this may result from the fact that much of the Nechako basin and adjacent area was covered by a large ice-dammed lake at the close of the last period of glaciation, some 10,000 years ago. terior, Terrace Health | Club | Opens August Ist Sauna‘s, gym facilities, relaxing parapacks, reducing methods. Phone 635-5361 Terrace, B.G. «Three’ miles west on Highway 16”. Authentic Indian Art's and Crafts -Carvings - totem-poles, plaques, & masks -Bead work - necklaces, braclets, headbands,and rings -Leather goods - jackets, vests,skirts, handbags, etc. -Moccasins, mucklucks, gloves, all moose hide — -Pure sheep woot coats; socks, & toques - -Basketery - cedars...” .ad bark, ‘birch bark, witlaw. a -Paintings -inoil oo a I-A. villages, andoio voles — THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. Large ice-dammed lakes also existed in the Stikine, Pcace, Thompson, Okanagan, and -Nicola - basins and many smaller ice-dammed lakes occurred elsewhere. The largest tedy of inland water in the Province is not a natural lake but a reservoir—Williston Res- ervoir—which resulted from the construction of the ’ W, A. C.: Bennett Dam on the Peace River. "It flaoded nearly 700 square miles of timbered valley bottom. The Jargest natural lake is Atlin (245 square miles}, but its northern tip extends into the Yukon, leaving only 217 square miles in British Columbia. Babine is the largest lake wholly within the Province. “Follow the Signs to... Remo Bar Resort Home of the World's Record Spring Salmon 7 miles west of Terrace | ‘Rights on the Skeena River, we offer all campsite’ and fist ‘facilities including hot showers and sani-station, boat launch, the depth of Quesnel is not remarkable. Ouesricl Lake could’ well be the deepest. A depth of 1,370 fect has been recorded in the centre of: the East Arm near Peninsula Bay. To this date no cen- tral soundings have been taken from there to a point some 20 miles farther up the arm, where the depth | at the middle is 1,235 fect. ’ Compared to-lakes in other parts of the world, Lake Baikal in Siberia has a maximum depth of over ‘1. mile (5,315 fect). It is gradually getting deeper because it lies in a large fault in the carth’s crust whose bot- - tom is sinking. There are at Icast four other lakes in the world ‘wiih maximum depths of over 2,300 feet. Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories (2,014 fect) is the deepest in North America. Small likes are not necessarily shallow nor are large lakes always deep. For example, Garibaldi Lake, lying at an clevation of 4,816 feet and 45 miles north of Vancouver, is less than 4 miles long, but 849 feet deep. Yet Kotcho Lakc in’ the northeastern cor- ner of the Province has a surface arga in excess of 30 square miles but.a maximum depth of 10 feet! Some Lakes Below. Sea-level The bottams of many lakes near the coast may - drop’ well “below sca-level. Owikeno Lake at the head of Rivérs Inet has been described as “‘a fiord whose sill happens to be a little too high to maintain a connection >with salt water,” Its surface elevation is less than-5O fect but its maximum depth is 1,330 fect. Therefore, most of the lake volume is below Blue Gables Restaurant “We Specialize in Steaks” Dance to the tunes of the “Helody Mountain Boys” ». Country & Western Band - Friday & Saturday nights ‘t Taped music for the rest of the week sea-level, a couver Island salt water can flush over'the shallow silt -formed by the short Nitinat’River.. This brings jelly- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1972 At Nitinat Lake on the west coast of Van- fish, crabs, shrimps, and other forms of marine life . into the lake. '- “During most of the year < 2. thia layer of t relatively _fresh water lies on top of the salt water, particularly - at. the upper end of the lake, - Salt Water in Some Lekes. ; _ Recently it has been discovered | that Powell Lake, "near Powell River, has its lower'layers filled with old . Sea water although its-upper 600 feet is ‘fresh. and contains the usual assortment of fresh-water plankton _and fishes. About 10,000 years ago the land around ’ Georgia Strait, responding to the huge weight of the retreating ice sheet, was submerged to at least the “present 170-foot contour. . Sea water entering the Powell Lake valley : at that ~ time was much less salty than at present because it’ was diluted with vast amounts of melt water from the " receding glaciers. Thus the water at the bottom. of Powell Lake: -today contains only 17 parts per thousand of salt, whereas Georgia Strait water has about 30 parts per thousand. When the ice sheet retreated, the land gradually rose, and as Powell Lake, was slowly cut: off from the acean it probably passed through a stage similar to that of Nitinat Lake today. ; Sakinaw Lake on the Sechelt Peninsula has <. depth of 460 feet, the lower 300 fect of which con- tains salt water.’ Sportsman Drive-In 4908 Highway 16 West Terrace, B.C, i. = Mountainview Resort Imperial Oil Products Divsel fue ‘Tire Service -Home Style Meals .Coviee Shop Open 7 a.m. fo 11 p.m. Highway 146 - CEDARVALE, B.c. ® DINING LOUNGE ® BANQUET ROOM “CHINESE CUISINE” “OU SPECIALTY —PESTAURANT Terrace, B.C, 635-2228 A542. LAKELSE AVE.. 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