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Tibbitt Lake

Coordinates: 62°33′14″N 113°21′00″W / 62.554°N 113.350°W / 62.554; -113.350
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Tibbitt Lake
Tibbitt Lake is located in Northwest Territories
Tibbitt Lake
Tibbitt Lake
LocationNorthwest Territories
Coordinates62°33′14″N 113°21′00″W / 62.554°N 113.350°W / 62.554; -113.350
Basin countriesCanada

Tibbitt Lake is a lake in the Canadian Northwest Territories.[1]

Located 69.2 kilometres (43.0 mi) east of Yellowknife, the lake marks the northern terminus of the Ingraham Trail. In winter, an ice road known as the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road extends from the end of the Ingraham Trail to Contwoyto Lake in Nunavut, forming the latter territory's only road access to the rest of Canada. The lake is named after John Francis Tibbitt, a field geologist who mapped the Yellowknife area with the Geological Survey of Canada in 1935.

References

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  1. ^ Korosi, Jennifer B.; Eickmeyer, David C.; Thienpont, Joshua R.; Palmer, Michael J.; Kimpe, Linda E.; Blais, Jules M. (2016). "Assessing the contribution of combustion-derived contaminants to a remote subarctic environment from traffic on the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road (Northwest Territories, Canada)". Science of the Total Environment. 553: 96–106. Bibcode:2016ScTEn.553...96K. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.054. hdl:10393/44956. PMID 26906697.