Jack Lake, Peterborough County

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Jack Lake
Dispersed rural community
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Jack Lake
Location in Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°42′47″N78°03′45″W / 44.71306°N 78.06250°W / 44.71306; -78.06250 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
County Peterborough
Municipality Havelock-Belmont-Methuen
Elevation
282 m (925 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code
K0L 1A0
Area codes 705, 249

Jack Lake is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the municipality of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The community is on the northwest shore of Jack Lake, [6] in the Kawartha lakes region, and parts of the community extend to the west into the neighbouring municipality of North Kawartha. Jack Lake is reached by Peterborough County Road 52 / Jack Lake Road from the community of Apsley, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the north on Ontario Highway 28.

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References

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