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Sproat Lake is a lake on central Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was known as Kleecoot, meaning "wide open" by local indigenous people. Roughly cross-shaped with four arms, it is over 25 kilometres in length, and has 90.8 kilometres of shoreline. Home of the last Martin Mars type waterbombers, and near Port Alberni, Sproat Lake is a popular summer recreational area for the Alberni Valley. Highway 4 runs along its north shore. The lake maintains a small wintering population of Marbled Murrelets which also nest in the area, the only freshwater alcids on Earth.

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  • Sproat Lake (de)
  • Lago Sproat (it)
  • Lac Sproat (fr)
  • Sproat Lake (en)
  • Lago Sproat (pt)
  • Sproat Lake (sv)
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  • Sproat Lake is a lake on central Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was known as Kleecoot, meaning "wide open" by local indigenous people. Roughly cross-shaped with four arms, it is over 25 kilometres in length, and has 90.8 kilometres of shoreline. Home of the last Martin Mars type waterbombers, and near Port Alberni, Sproat Lake is a popular summer recreational area for the Alberni Valley. Highway 4 runs along its north shore. The lake maintains a small wintering population of Marbled Murrelets which also nest in the area, the only freshwater alcids on Earth. (en)
  • Der Sproat Lake ist ein Süßwassersee auf Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Kanada. Der Sproat Lake liegt ungefähr 13 Kilometer westlich von Port Alberni. Er befindet sich zusammen mit dem ihn umgebenden Douglasienwald im Sproat Lake Provincial Park. Da das Seeufer viele Strände aufweist, ist die Gegend für Touristen attraktiv. Aus diesem Grunde wurde in der Nähe des Sees eine bemerkenswerte Anzahl von Ferienhäusern errichtet. Die Touristen schätzen den See besonders wegen seines warmen Wassers, das zu mannigfaltigen Freizeitaktivitäten einlädt. So kann man dort dem Fischen, Schwimmen, Wasserskilaufen und Windsurfen nachgehen. Im Sommer ist die Gegend zudem unter Campern sehr beliebt. (de)
  • Le lac Sproat est un lac du centre de l'île de Vancouver dans la province de Colombie-Britannique au Canada. Il était connu par les autochtones sous le nom de Kleecoot (signifiant "grande ouverte") jusqu'à ce qu'il soit renommé en 1864 en l'honneur de , entrepreneur et officiel colonial, par le Dr Robert Brown, qui dirigeait une expédition d'exploration de l'île. (fr)
  • Il lago Sproat, intitolato all'imprenditore e funzionario coloniale , è un lago nella parte centrale dell'Isola di Vancouver. Era noto con il nome di Kleecoot (che significa "spalancato") dalle popolazioni indigene locali fino a quando non venne rinominato in onore di Sproat nel 1864 da Robert Brown, che conduceva una spediazione esplorativa dell'isola. Un aereo antincendio di tipo JRM Mars, il Philippine Mars ("whitetail"), 1º febbraio 2005L'Hawaii Mars ("redtail"), 30 luglio 2009 (it)
  • O Lago Sproat é um lago de água doce localizado na ilha de Vancouver, na Colúmbia Britânica, Canadá. Este lago está localizado a cerca de 13 km a oeste de Port Alberni, próximo à zona florestal da denominada floresta de abetos e do . Uma vez que este lago tem muitas praias, transformou-se numa área bastante procurada pelo turismo, não só o relacionado com a prática da natação, mas também com outras actividades aquáticas. Anualmente, cerca de 1 milhão de turistas visitam o lago, sendo as vias de acesso mais frequentadas a , ou o a . (pt)
  • Sproat Lake är en sjö i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Sproat Lake ligger 34 meter över havet. Arean är 41 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 6,5 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 23,0 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. (sv)
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  • Sproat Lake (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mount_Arrowsmith_from_Sproat_Lake.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mars_Water_Bomber.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fall_colours_at_Sproat_Lake.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mini-pano_(8699271940).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morning_at_Sproat_Lake_Provincial_Park.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SPROAT_LAKE,_BRITISH_COLUMBIA.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sproat_Lake_(25710448356).jpg
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  • Fall colours at Sproat Lake (en)
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