Frith Lake (Thunder Bay District)

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Frith Lake
lac Frith
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Frith Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Coordinates 49°52′29″N88°40′42″W / 49.87472°N 88.67833°W / 49.87472; -88.67833 [1] Coordinates: 49°52′29″N88°40′42″W / 49.87472°N 88.67833°W / 49.87472; -88.67833 [1]
Type Lake
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Primary outflows unnamed creek
Basin  countries Canada
Max. length1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Max. width1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi)
Surface elevation293 metres (961 ft)

Frith Lake (French : lac Frith) is a lake in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The lake is on Kelvin Island, a large island in Lake Nipigon, and is thus in the Great Lakes Basin. [2] [4]

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Hydrology

The lake is 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) wide, [2] and lies at an elevation of 293 metres (961 ft). [6] It is on Kelvin Island, a large island in Lake Nipigon, making Frith Lake a lake on an island in a lake. Frith Lake itself has a small islet. [2] [4]

There are three unnamed inflows, at the west, southwest, and east. The primary outflow is an unnamed creek at the northwest that flows to northwest Lake Nipigon, and then via the Nipigon River to Lake Superior. [2] [4]

Natural history

The lake is part of the Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve. [4]

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