Kokelj said the high levels are the result of a coincidence of factors, including a reconnection of lakes and ponds that once drained into Great Slave Lake but were isolated during low water years.

Water levels in Great Slave Lake are now the lowest ever recorded thanks to two years of drought, which is also drying up parts of the Mackenzie River — a major transportation route for a wide ...

The water level could rise a bit with the continuing spring melt, but Connon does not expect a big change at this point. That's because the peak snow-melt period has already passed in many parts of ...

Climate change has reached into Canada’s deepest lake and rewired it at the microscopic level. That’s the conclusion of scientists investigating the ecological history of Great Slave Lake, one ...

By Nadeer Hashmi If water levels hold, coast guard should be able to put out necessary buoys The N.W.T. government says there's still a chance the summer barge season on the Mackenzie River could ...

As high as it is, the lake is still 14 centimetres lower than the highest level recorded on any day of the year.Kokelj said the high levels are the result of a coincidence of factors, including a ...