The lake shares its name with the First Nations peoples of the Dene family called Slavey by their enemies the Cree. Its given volume ranges from 1,070 km 3 (260 cu mi) to 1,580 km 3 (380 cu mi) and up to 2,088 km 3 (501 cu mi) making it the 10th or 12th largest by volume. It covers an area of 27,200 km 2 (10,500 sq mi) in the southern part of the territory. Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 m (2,014 ft), and the tenth-largest lake in the world by area.
Yellowknife, Hay River, Behchokǫ̀, Fort Resolution, Łutselk'e, Hay River Reserve, Dettah, Ndilǫġ Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Hay River, Slave River, Taltson River, Lockhart River, Yellowknife River, Snare River (through Marian Lake and Frank Channel), Marian River (through Marian Lake and Frank Channel), Stark River
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