Teslin Lake
Teslin Lake is a large lake spanning the border between British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. It is one of a group of large lakes in the region of far northwestern BC, east of the upper Alaska Panhandle, which are the southern extremity of the basin of the Yukon River, and which are known in Yukon as "the Southern Lakes" (the other major ones in the group are Atlin Lake and Tagish Lake but include Bennett and Lindeman Lakes, the headwaters of the Yukon River itself). The lake is fed and drained primarily by the Teslin River, south and north, but is also fed from the east by the Jennings River and the Swift River, and from the west by the Hayes River.

According to the Yukon Geographical Names Project, "Teslin" means "long water", but in the Tlingit language the local "kwaan" or tribe of Tlingit is called "Deisleen Kwáan"", meaning "Big Sinew Tribe".

There are three Indian Reserves of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation around the south end of the lake: Jennings River Indian Reserve No. 8, Teslin Lake Indian Reserve No. 7, and Teslin Lake Indian Reserve No. 9; in the same area had been a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. On the Yukon portion of the lake there are three Indian Reserves of the Teslin Tlingit Council - Teslin Post Indian Reserve No. 13, Nisutlin Indian Reserve No. 14 and Nisutlin Bay Indian Reserve No. 15, and the community of Teslin, which is located where the Alaska Highway meets the lake, following its northern/eastern shore from there towards Whitehorse. The Nisutlin Plateau limns the eastern side of the lake north of the mouth of the Teslin River and extends into Yukon.
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British Columbia
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Yukon
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Alaska Panhandle
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Yukon River
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Atlin Lake
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Tagish Lake
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Bennett
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Lindeman Lake
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Teslin River
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Jennings River
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Swift River
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Hayes River
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Tlingit language
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Indian Reserve
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Taku River Tlingit First Nation
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Jennings River Indian Reserve No. 8
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Teslin Lake Indian Reserve No. 7
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Teslin Lake Indian Reserve No. 9
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Hudson's Bay Company
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Teslin Tlingit Council
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Teslin Post Indian Reserve No. 13
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Nisutlin Indian Reserve No. 14
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Nisutlin Bay Indian Reserve No. 15
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Teslin
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Alaska Highway
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Whitehorse
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Nisutlin Plateau
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Q284495
Teslin River
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Teslin Lake
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