Bennett Lake is located in the Southern Lakes Region of the Yukon Territory.
The southern portion of the elongated lake is in the province of British Columbia and the northern portion of the lake is in the Yukon Territory.
The waterway is part of a historic canoe route connecting Bennett Lake and Nares Lake with the Windy Arm of Tagish Lake, which in turn links into Marsh Lake and then leads to the Yukon River.
The chain of lakes was first utilized by the local First Nation people. The lakes were a transportation route used for traveling from village to village and for establishing trade between tribes.
The first non First Nation explorer arrived in the region in 1883. The travels established a canoe route following a chain of lakes and what is now called the historic Chilkoot Trail. It is the same backpacking and canoe route used by miners and prospectors 15 years later during the Yukon Gold Rush to travel from Skagway, USA to Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada.
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