Kathleen Lake
Mät'àtäna Mǟn
Small waves breaking on a rocky beach of a large body of water, with golden late-evening sunlight on snow-capped peaks in the distance
Kathleen Lake from the eastern shore
Kathleen Lake is located in Canada
Kathleen Lake
Kathleen Lake
Kathleen Lake is located in Yukon
Kathleen Lake
Kathleen Lake
LocationYukon
Coordinates60°34′49″N 137°18′07″W / 60.5802°N 137.3019°W / 60.5802; -137.3019
Basin countriesCanada

Kathleen Lake (native name : Mät'àtäna Mǟn meaning 'something frozen inside lake')[1] is a lake in Yukon, Canada, located south of the town of Haines Junction within Kluane National Park and Reserve. Located at Haines Highway Kilometre 219.7. It hosts a day-use area, a boat launch, a campground, and several hiking trails, including the challenging 3.1 mi (5 km) ascent to King's Throne, a natural, glacially-formed amphitheater overlooking the lake.[2]

Kathleen Lake is characterized by exceptionally clear waters and the presence of kokanee salmon, a landlocked population of sockeye living and reproducing solely in freshwater bodies.[3]

Kathleen Lake was named for a girl from Berwickshire County, Scotland, left behind by William "Scotty" Hume (1868–1950), a North-West Mounted Police constable (Reg. #2259) stationed on the Dalton Trail from 1900 to 1902.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kathleen Lake". Yukon Geographical Place Names. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  2. ^ Canada, Parks Canada Agency, Government of (28 March 2017). "index". Pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 29 June 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Kathleen Lake - Kluane parks and places - Kluane, Yukon things to do - eh Canada Travel". Ehcanadatravel.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. ^ From etymology information obtained in 2012 from memos at the Haines Junction Da Kų (Our House) Cultural Centre. "Kathleen" may have been a diminutive for Catherine; there were very few people in Scotland at the time with the formal name of Kathleen. Hume was born and lived in Berwickshire County until 1884 (age 16), when he immigrated to Canada without his parents. In 1889, he joined the N-WMP. By 1911, he had married a Southern Tutchone girl, had had three children, and eventually left numerous descendants in the Haines Jct. area, including a few who worked at the Cultural Centre.

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