Centennial Lake (Renfrew County)

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Centennial Lake
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Centennial Lake
Location in Southern Ontario
Location Renfrew County & Frontenac County, Ontario
Coordinates 45°09′22″N77°03′09″W / 45.15611°N 77.05250°W / 45.15611; -77.05250 [1]
Type Reservoir
Part of Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Primary inflows Madawaska River, Mackie Creek
Primary outflows Madawaska River
Basin  countries Canada
First flooded1966 (1966)
Surface elevation248 metres (814 ft)

Centennial Lake is a reservoir lake in the Township of Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, and the Township of North Frontenac, Frontenac County, in Eastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is on the Madawaska River and is part of the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.

Contents

The lake is L-shaped, with the downstroke oriented northwest/southeast, and the cross stroke oriented northeast–southwest. All but a tiny tip at the south end of the lake, the crux of the "L", is in the Township of Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County. The major inflow, at Camel Chute at the northwest, is the Madawaska River. A second primary inflow is Mackie Creek at the south, controlled by a weir dam. The major outflow is also the Madawaska River, which flows directly into Black Donald Lake at the northeast. The Madawaska River then flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River and thence to the Atlantic Ocean. Renfrew County Road 65 crosses the northwest arm of the lake over a long, low, concrete bridge.

History

Centennial Lake, and Black Donald Lake adjacent downstream, were created by the construction of the Mountain Chute Generating Station and dam and an associated embankment dam in 1965–1966. [5] Black Donald Lake subsumed the previous White Fish Lake and drowned the former mining community of Black Donald Mines, whose graphite mine by then had been exhausted. The reservoir took six months to fill and flooded 8,500 acres (3,440 ha). [6]

The lake is primarily used for recreation, tourism and cottages. [5]

A forest fire on the south side of the lake forced some evacuations in June 2023. [7]

Tributaries

Clockwise from the inflow of the Madawaska River

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Centennial Lake". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  2. ↑ "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  3. ↑ Map 10 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  4. ↑ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  5. 1 2 Graham, Bill (2011-10-14). "A river flows by us". History: The Madawaska River. Township of Greater Madawaska. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  6. ↑ Graham, Bill (2011-10-14). "Black Donald Mines". History: Black Donald. Township of Greater Madawaska. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  7. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/forest-fire-greater-madawaska-evacuation-centennial-lake-1.6866466
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