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Lake Athabasca

59° N, 110.5° W

Lake Athabasca, Alberta. 59° N, 110.5° W

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/ab/lake-athabasca/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Indigenous geographical names, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Lake Athabasca covers 7,530 km², Alberta. It lies 99 km southeast of Hay Camp.

Area
7,530 km²
Shoreline
2,540 km
Elevation
207 m

Today on the water

0.9 °C

ClearWind NE 8 km/h

Observed at Fort Chipewyan, as of 10:00 p.m. MDT Thursday

Time1 a.m.4 a.m.7 a.m.10 a.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.
Wind km/hE 10E 15E 15NE 20NE 20NE 20NE 20NE 20
Gusts km/h4040404040
Temp. °C32344543
Precip. %3030303030303030

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Fog patches developing before morning. Low plus 2.

Weather: Fort Chipewyan (local forecast), as of 10:02 p.m. MDT Thursday

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:05 a.m.
Sunrise
7:45 a.m.
Sunset
6:31 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:11 p.m.
Moonrise
6:38 a.m.
Moonset
5:49 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Names

  • Lac Athabascanēhiyawēwin, Plains Cree
  • Lac Athabascanēhiyawēwin, Plains Cree