🌊 Owikeno Lake

Canada · Americas · 7 m · 51.68°N, 126.92°W

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Wuikinuxv Lake, also Owekeeno Lake, Owekano Lake, Oweekayno Lake and other spellings, is a large fjord lake in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It connects to the head of Rivers Inlet by the short Wannock River (Wanukv). The lake's name comes from the indigenous people of the region, the Wuikinuxv, whose settlements and territory lie around the lake. Their largest and principal settlement was on an island in the lower reaches of the lake named Katit.

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Quick facts

CountryCanada
Continent / regionAmericas
Surface elevation7 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)51.68°N, 126.92°W · view on map

Owikeno Lake sits at 7 m in Canada, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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