CEN project

Informations: Lake C3

Measurement site

  Latitude : 82.8
  Longitude : -78.08333
  Altitude (m) :
  Startup date : January 1, 1900

Site location

   
Lake located on the northern coastline of Ellesmere Island. Lakes C1, C2 and C3 are located in the same valley, on the edge of Taconite Inlet.

Site description

   
Lake with a maximal depth of 51 m and a lake area of 1.7 km2. The rocky catchment of 10.8 km2 rises to 880 m. Unlike lakes C1 and C2, Lake C3 is fresh and chemical stratification is weak. Lake C3 had a perennial ice cover until recently.