No, but Tahoe is among the deepest. The maximum-recorded depth of Tahoe is 1,645 ft. or 501 meters. In North America, two other lakes are deeper than Tahoe; one is Crater Lake in Oregon at 1,945 feet or 593 meters in depth. In Canada, Great Slave Lake is 2,015 ft. or 614 meters in depth.
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