The lake trout is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char, touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Superior
Lake trout fishes salvelinus namaycush
Lake trout swimming underwater
A lake trout being preyed upon by lampreys
A lake trout in spawning dress.
Great Bear Lake in the boreal forest of Canada is the largest lake entirely in Canada, the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world. The lake is in the Northwest Territorie
Lake trout
…and the average length is 24–36 inches (61–91 centimetres). The largest caught on a rod and reel according to the IGFA was 72 pounds (33 kg), caught in Great Bear Lake in 1995 with a length of 59 inches (150 cm). In the Tahoe region, the fish do not exceeded 36 pounds (16 kg), but are on average over 10 pounds (4.5…
Ruins of Fort Confidence at the mouth of the Dease River in 1911
The community of Délı̨nę on Great Bear Lake
Smoke from forest fires in Alaska blows over Great Bear Lake
Great Bear Lake. Note the smoke plumes from wildfires