Sure, North America's Great Lakes are famous, but are these lesser-known lakes just as great? Come learn about the continent's largest lakes outside the Great Lakes system - including a few larger than some of the Great Lakes themselves! We'll discuss how these lakes formed, their "deranged" hydrology, and their significance to the continent today. Let's Explore!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Criteria
1:15 How did these lakes get here?
2:00 Lake Winnipeg Basin
4:51 Lakes of northern Saskatchewan
6:07 Great Slave Lake
7:15 Great Bear Lake
7:51 Rounding out Canada
9:14 Non-Canadian Lakes
9:55 Conclusion
Note [thanks to David Danos in the comments]: The "Great Slave Lake" has a name that the local Dene nations abhor. There are big efforts to change the name away from 'slave'-related exonyms. The Deh Cho Dene nation is just one of the four nations in whose territories this lake is found. The others are the Tłı̨chǫ, Tetsǫ́t’ıné, and Dëne Sųłıné.
CORRECTIONS:
Since Alaska is part of the continent of North America, it's more accurate to say the Northwest Angle is the only part of the 48 contiguous states above the 49th parallel north.
Credits:
North America Map svg: User:Kaldari and User:Halava, CC BY 3.0
Lake Winnipeg Map: NormanEinstein, CC BY-SA 3.0
Nelson, Churchill, Mackenzie, & Mississippi Basins: Shannon1, CC BY SA 4.0
Athabasca Dunes: Tim Beckett, CC BY 2.0
Athabascan Languages: Noahedits, CC BY-SA 4.0
Deline: mattcatpurple, CC BY-SA 2.0
Lakes in this video:
Rainy Lake
Lake of the Woods
Lake Winnipeg
Cedar Lake
Lake Manitoba
Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Diefenbaker
Wollaston Lake
Reindeer Lake
Lake Athabasca
Great Slave Lake
Great Bear Lake
Dubawnt Lake
Nettilling Lake
Amadjuak Lake
Lake Melville
Smallwood Reservoir
Caniapiscau Reservoir
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir
Manicouagan Reservoir
Iliamna Lake
Great Salt Lake
Lake Nicaragua
