Chipewyan Lake remains under evacuation order a fire, listed as out of control at 135,970 hectares. The wildfire threat to ...

Thousands of people in the northern Alberta town of Slave Lake have been put on notice to prepare for a possible evacuation due to the threat of a wildfire.

With an area of just over 11,000 square miles, Great Slave Lake is roughly the same size as Belgium. And, at more than 2,000 feet deep, it's the deepest lake in North America.