Tagish Lake is best known for being the landing point of a large meteorite that struck at around 9:48 on the morning of January 18, 2000. Scientists have named the meteorite after Tagish Lake. The 150-ton space rock plunged into the earth’s atmosphere at the speed of a fast highway car (67 miles per hour). At 5 meters (or 15 feet) across, the rocky core triggered Department of Defense satellite sensors to record its fiery explosion near Tagish Lake. The meteor had finally exploded with the energy of two to three kilotons of TNT.
Fascinating stuff, but we like Tagish Lake for another reason: massive gold and silver deposits. Read the rest of this entry »