Lake McConnell to have drained first into Lake Agassiz", an even larger lake to the southeast, "then into the Arctic Ocean via the Mackenzie River, then back into Lake Agassiz, and then back to the Arctic Ocean" at various times in its history. Either 8,300 or between 9,000 and 8,000 years ago, it divided to form Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca. These two and Great Bear Lake are considered its 'daughter' lakes. Lake McConnell Lake McConnell was a very large proglacial lake that existed in what is now Canada from 11,800 to 8,300 years ago. Other sources give starting and ending
Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan) Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan) The Fond du Lac River is one of the upper branches of the Mackenzie River system, draining into the Arctic Ocean, located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The river is long, has a watershed of , and its mean discharge is . The river begins at an elevation of at Cunning Bay on Wollaston Lake. It flows north to Hatchet Lake at an elevation of and continues to Waterfound Bay at an elevation of , where the tributary Waterfound River enters from the left. The river continues north to Kosdaw Lake at an elevation of ,