Ferguson Lake (Sudbury District)

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Ferguson Lake
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Ferguson Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Sudbury District, Ontario
Coordinates 46°43′52″N81°30′29″W / 46.73111°N 81.50806°W / 46.73111; -81.50806 [1]
Type Lake
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Primary outflows Carhess Creek
Basin  countries Canada
Max. length500 metres (1,640 ft)
Max. width200 metres (660 ft)
Surface elevation428 metres (1,404 ft) [2]

Ferguson Lake is a lake in geographic Hess Township, [3] Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is the source of Carhess Creek.

There are no inflows. The primary outflow, at the south and leading south to Green Lake, is Carhess Creek, which flows via the Onaping River, the Vermilion River and the Spanish River to Lake Huron.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ferguson Lake". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-09-01.
  3. "Hess" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-09-01.

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