Tagish Lake

Tagish Lake
A portion of Tagish Lake (on the left half of the image) during the Winter, as seen from space. Windy Arm is in the upper left corner, while the Taku Arm is on the right centre. The lake seen on the right half of the image is Atlin Lake.
Tagish Lake
Location	Yukon, British Columbia
Coordinates	60°00′N 134°15′W / 60.000°N 134.250°W / 60.000; -134.250
Primary inflows	Wann River, Swanson River, Fantail River, Tutshi River
Catchment area	5,340 km2 (2,062 sq mi)[1]
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	119 km (74 mi)[1]
Max. width	3.2 km (2 mi)[1]
Surface area	354.48 km2 (136.87 sq mi)[2]
Average depth	62 m (203 ft)[2]
Max. depth	307 m (1,007 ft)[2]
Water volume	21.98 km3 (5.27 cu mi)
Surface elevation	662 m (2,172 ft)[2]

Tagish Lake is a lake in Yukon and northern British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 119 kilometres (74 mi) long and averages 3.2 km (2 mi) wide with an area of 354.48 km² (136.87 sq mi), about two thirds of which is in British Columbia.^[2][1] The average depth is 62 m (203 ft) and maximum depth is 307 m (1,007 ft).^[2]

It has two arms, the Taku Arm in the east which is very long and mostly in British Columbia and Windy Arm in the west, mostly in Yukon. The Klondike Highway runs along Windy Arm south of Carcross. Bennett Lake flows into Tagish Lake, so the northern portion of Tagish Lake was part of the route to the Klondike used by gold-seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush.