The first stop on our field trip was to Kusawa Lake (pronounced KUsawa). Kusawa is about 2 hours southwest of Whitehorse along the Alaska Highway. It's a huge lake, running over 30 km long, north to south. We camped at the north end, at a Yukon territorial campsite that was very well kept. The first day and a half featured persistant rain which left us sitting in our vehicle listening to a whole lot of Fleetwood Mac. Thankfully the weather cleared and we managed to get out on the lake in our Zodiac to do some real work. We used a depth sounder to record depths of the lake in different locations, and also took temperature, oxygen and turbidity readings. We stayed at Kusawa for four nights.