Arsenic Lake

Arsenic Lake is a lake in the Ottawa River drainage basin in Strathy Township of Temagami, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located between the town of Temagami and Temagami North near Highway 11. It is the only officially named Arsenic Lake in Canada.^[1]

Arsenic Lake
View of Arsenic Lake from Leckie Mine on its eastern shore
Arsenic Lake Location of Arsenic Lake in Ontario
Location	Temagami, Nipissing, Ontario
Coordinates	47°05′33″N 79°48′20″W
Type	Lake
Part of	Ottawa River drainage basin
Max. length	1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Max. width	0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Surface elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)

The primary outflow is an unnamed creek to Net Lake, which flows via Cassels Lake, Rabbit Lake, the Matabitchuan River and Lake Timiskaming into the Ottawa River.

See also

• Lakes of Temagami

Notes

1. Querying Geographical Names of Canada - Query by name Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine

References

• "Arsenic Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
• "Topographic Map sheet 31M4". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2011-02-18.