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Babine Lake

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Babine Lake

Largest natural lake in British Columbia, Canada; length 150 km/95 mi; width 10 km/6 mi. It is an important spawning ground for salmon and a centre for sport fishing. Since the 1960s Granisle (population (1991) 800), on the northwestern shore, has been a centre for copper mining operations carried out on the shore and on an island in the lake.

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The lake is situated in the centre of the province, on the west of the interior plateaus, 180 km/110 mi northwest of Prince George. It drains northwest via the Babine River, which flows into the Skeena River, emptying into the Pacific Ocean near Prince Rupert.
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