Quiet Lake (Yukon)

{{Short description|Lake in Yukon, Canada}}

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| area = {{convert|5391.3|ha|abbr=on}}

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Quiet Lake is a lake in Yukon, Canada that is {{Convert|28|km}} in length and at {{Convert|5391.3|ha}} the largest lake of the three Big Salmon River system lakes.[http://www.yukonheritage.com/Sign/central/canol-road/quiet-lake.html "Km 90 - Quiet Lake"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718150345/http://www.yukonheritage.com/Sign/central/canol-road/quiet-lake.html |date=July 18, 2011 }}. Sights and Sites of the Yukon (website). [http://www.yukonheritage.com/ Yukon Department of Tourism and Culture]. Accessed September 2010. It was named in 1887 by John McCormack, a gold prospector.{{Cite web |title=Quiet Lake, Yukon Territory |url=https://www.anglersatlas.com/place/152001/quiet-lake |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Angler's Atlas}} Prior to the construction of the South Canol road, which was completed in the 1940s, the area was mostly reached by boating hundreds of miles up the Big Salmon, Teslin or Nisutlin rivers.