Upper Summit Lake (British Columbia) River, Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River into the Beaufort Sea portion of the Arctic Ocean. Upper Summit Lake (British Columbia) Upper Summit Lake is a lake in Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, about north of the city of Prince George and south of the community of Bear Lake. It lies just west of Highway 97 (John Hart Highway). Upper Summit Lake is about long and wide, and lies at an elevation of . There are no inflows, and an unnamed creek flows from the southern tip of the lake to
Mackenzie River with sternwheelers transporting passengers, domestic supplies and industrial goods from as far upstream as the Athabasca River all the way to the delta, though with several areas such as the huge rapids on the Slave River requiring portages. The route taken by gold seekers started in Edmonton and followed the Athabasca, Slave and Mackenzie Rivers as far as the Peel River, then up the Peel and its tributary the Rat River to the headwaters of the Porcupine River, which flows to the Yukon River. Many who attempted the journey died along the way or turned back before reaching the Yukon.