Talk:Great Slave Lake
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In the text there's a volume given for the GSL of 2090 km3, but in the box on the right side of the page there's a volume given of 1580 km3, which one is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.89.253.21 (talk) 00:40, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
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I can't find any indication that Great Slave Lake is a rift lake.
- Yeah, I don't see anyone come out and say GSL is a rift lake, but there are a few places that discuss sub-surface formations as similar to those of other rift lakes. [1] PDF version of same, [2] Where's a geologist when you need one? older≠wiser 18:02, Jan 26, 2005 (UTC)
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- The Great Slave Lake is on a continental tear, which is a type of rift. - Gilgamesh 00:55, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The Slavey tribe for whom the lake is named were previously called (spelled, anyway}, "Slave"--hence the lake's name. Does it follow that the lake is properly pronounced "Great Slavey Lake"? (Or was the pronunciation of the tribe's name changed with its spelling, which did not happen to the lake? That seems unlikely.) Could someone who knows add the pronunciation in the article?
In my judgment, names are neither "right" or "wrong", they just are. Many names have been the result of mispronunciation, mis-translation, or other mishap. I grew up in Lonoke, Arkansas, pronounced, "lone oak". Why? Who knows, but that is the way it is. Who cares? I think any child named "Dakota" is wrong because unless you drive a Dodge Dakota, "Dakota" should either be a "North" or a "South". Don't be so silly sensitive because at least for my part, it never occurred to me that the Slave tribe might have been slaves.Jazcam 22:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Shear zone not the same as rift
The Great Slave Lake is located in the Great Slave Lake shear zone. A shear zone is not the same as a rift zone. A rift is where a continent is splitting. A shear zone is where the rocks have been sheared by forces acting roughly parallel to the shear zone, not pulling it apart as in a rift.
In any case, I can't find any evidence (other than Wikipedia) that the G.S. Lake is a rift lake. If anyone has a specific reference to the contrary, please note it. I've removed the statement from the article, and the article from the "rift lake" category. Please don't restore those items unless you have a good citation. Gwimpey 04:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
GSL formed the same as the eastern Great Lakes, Lake Manitoba, Lake Athabasca, and Great Bear Lake. They all lie along the granite rock of the Precambrian Shield and were formed by glacial scour of the softer materials along the edge.
[edit] Infobox Image
For some reason, the image does not seem to display correctly in the infobox. If someone knows why this happens, please let me know and do what you can to fix the image. Thanks. Em3rald 04:07, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fishing?
I read in a World Book published in 1984 the commercial fishing goes on Great Slave Lake to the tune of two million dollars a year.
It looks like commercial fishing is in the past. [[3]]
