Tatlatui Lake is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

in the Tatlatui Range of the

Omineca Mountains The Omineca Mountains, also known as "the Ominecas", are a group of remote mountain ranges in the Boreal Cordillera of north-central British Columbia, Canada. They are bounded by the Finlay River on the north, the Rocky Mountain Trench (here fil ...

of the

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. It is the source of the Firesteel River, the uppermost left tributary of the

Finlay River The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W ...

, which begins just southeast at

Thutade Lake Thutade Lake is a natural alpine lake in the Omineca Mountains of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. About in length, but no more than about wide, the lake is at the head of the Finlay River, which joins the Peace River via Willi ...

, which is considered the ultimate source of the

Mackenzie River The Mackenzie River (French: ; Slavey language, Slavey: ' èh tʃʰò literally ''big river''; Inuvialuktun: ' uːkpɑk literally ''great river'') is a river in the Canadian Canadian boreal forest, boreal forest and tundra. It forms, ...

. The lake and adjoining summits are part of Tatlatui Provincial Park.

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Lakes of British Columbia Omineca Mountains Cassiar Land District {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub

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