Tarfu Lake

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

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| name = Tarfu Lake

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| location = Yukon

| coords = {{Coord|60|3|29.4|N|133|43|58.2|W|display=it}}

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| inflow = Tarfu Creek

| outflow = Tarfu Creek

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| basin_countries = Canada

| length = {{convert|4.5|km|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|0.75|mi|abbr=on|disp=flip}}

| area = {{convert|404|ha|abbr=on}}

| depth = {{convert|11.6|m|abbr=on}}

| max-depth = {{convert|33|m|abbr=on}}

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Tarfu Lake is a lake of Yukon, Canada. The lake is both fed and drained by Tarfu Creek.{{cite cgndb|KAGNV|Tarfu Creek, YT}} The name is from WWII-era Military slang, an acronym for Things Are Really Fouled Up.{{cite book|last1=Rayburn|first1=Alan|title=Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names|date=2001|publisher=University of Toronto Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiUZMOypNB4C&q=Tarfu|isbn=9780802047250|page=69}} The lake is approximately {{Convert|4.5|km}} long, {{convert|0.75|mi|disp=flip|abbr=on}} wide, has a surface area of {{Convert|404|ha}}, a mean depth of {{Convert|11.6|m}} and a maximum depth of {{Convert|33|m}}.{{Cite |last=Jessup |first=Lars |title=Lake trout population assessment: Tarfu Lake 2010. Yukon Fish and Wildlife Branch Technical Report TR-12-14. |date=2012 |pages=1 |url=https://emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca/environment/Lake%20trout%20population%20assessments/tarfu_lake_2010.pdf|publisher=Yukon Department of Environment |place=Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |last2=Millar |first2=Nathan}}{{cite|title=Catalogue of Aquatic Resources of the Upper Yukon River Drainage (Whitehorse Area) PAC/T-76 - 4|last1=Brown|first1=R.F.|last2=Elson|first2=M.S.|last3=Steigenberger|first3=L.W|publisher=Environment Canada Fisheries and Marine Service|date=1976|url=https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/16715.pdf|access-date=10 August 2024|page=11}}