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2 unusual facts about Teslin Lake


Teslin Lake

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.

Teslin Lake, Yukon

Teslin Lake is an unincorporated area in the Yukon Territory, Canada, located a few kilometres northwest from the Village of Teslin (Teslin Post), which is also on the east shore of Teslin Lake.


Tlingit language

The exception is an area known as Inland Tlingit, which extends up the Taku River and into northern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory around the Atlin (Áa Tleen "Big Lake") and Teslin (Desleen < Tas Tleen "Big Thread") lake districts, as well as a concentration around Bennett Lake at the end of the Chilkoot Trail (Jilkhoot).


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