Colville Lake (Northwest Territories)

Colville Lake is the 20th largest lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. The lake is located 100 km northwest of Great Bear Lake in the Sahtu Region. The lake has a perimeter of 121 km [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=67.1668013986&long=-126.0020631&mapxy=-1250248.09262+2290217.29876&scale=5000000&feature_na=Colville+Lake&location1=61&unique_key=0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d&searchstring=Colville%20Lake&entity=LAKE&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D-1252733.03122+2290803.32319%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DColville%2BLake%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D-1252733.03122+2290803.32319%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DColville%2BLake%26map_polygonresultzoom0_data%3Dfap_lakes%26map_polygonresultzoom0_class_expression%3D0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d%26map_polygonresultzoom1_data%3Dfap_lakes%26map_polygonresultzoom1_class_expression%3D0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d%26map_polygonresultzoom2_data%3Dfap_lakes%26map_polygonresultzoom2_class_expression%3D0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_data%3Dfap_lakes%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_class_expression%3D0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_data%3Dfap_lakes%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_class_expression%3D0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_data%3Dfap_lakes%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_class_expression%3D0c74b759849c20c3462fb84428a2a84d%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D-1252733.03122+2290803.32319 Map of Colville Lake at the] Atlas of Canada and a net area of 416 km2 and a total area of 439 km2.

The only community on the lake, Colville Lake, which is the Sahtu Dene village of 126 and is located on the southeast shore, along with Colville Lake/Tommy Kochon Aerodrome and Colville Lake Water Aerodrome. Like the community it is named for Andrew Colvile.