De Lesseps Lake

De Lesseps Lake
De Lesseps Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Coordinates 50°42′00″N 90°42′23″W / 50.70000°N 90.70639°W / 50.70000; -90.70639Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 90°42′23″W / 50.70000°N 90.70639°W / 50.70000; -90.70639[1]
Type Lake
Primary inflows De Lesseps River
Primary outflows De Lesseps River
Basin countries Canada
Max. length 25 kilometres (16 mi)
Max. width 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
Surface elevation 378 metres (1,240 ft)[2]

De Lesseps Lake is a lake in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] The lake is part of the James Bay drainage basin.

The major inflow, at the southwest, and outflow, at the north, is the De Lesseps River, which flows to Miniss Lake and then via the Miniss River, Lake St. Joseph and the Albany River to James Bay.

De Lesseps Lake Airport is located on the eastern shore of the lake.

References

  1. 1 2 "De Lesseps Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2015-01-30.

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