🌊 Lac de Gras

Canada · Americas · 396 m · 64.50°N, 110.52°W

Lac de Gras is a lake approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) north east of Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Lac de Gras was the centre of the diamond rush of the 1990s. There are two working, and one closed, diamond mines in the area, Diavik Diamond Mine, Ekati Diamond Mine, and the care and maintenance Snap Lake Diamond Mine. It was called Ekati by aboriginal peoples.

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Quick facts

Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Surface elevation	396 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	64.50°N, 110.52°W · view on map

Lac de Gras sits at 396 m in Canada, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Chadsey Lake · Lake Ontario · Bacon Lake · Horne Lake · Cass Lake (Vancouver Island) · Hellebore Lake · Darlington Lake · Elsie Lake · Beaufort Lake · Lake Errock (British Columbia).

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