Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — Lake Does Not Freeze. [ARTICLE]

Lake Does Not Freeze.

There are other wonderful things in Canada’s Yukon country besides gold nuggets. One of the most curious and at the same time most valuable is Lake Selawik, which, according to the Catholic Sentinel of Portland, owes its discovery to Father Tosi, a Jesuit missionary. This lake is described as not far from Dawson City, and it never freezes over even in the coldest winter. This body of water is sixty miles long by fifteen In width, and while at a great dis tance from the sea its waters ebb and flow regularly. Lake Selawik is fresh at all times, and owing to the warmth of the water it becomes in winter a kind of Mecca for all kinds of fish from the various streams connecting with the lake. The abundance of salmon and other fish should prove a boon to the miners and give a supply of food which must be very welcome in winter.—Victoria Colouist.