Kakinagimak Lake

Kakinagimak Lake
Attitti (centre) and surrounding lakes. Kakinagimak Lake is just west of Attitti.
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Location	Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Coordinates	55°12′00″N102°17′01″W / 55.2001°N 102.2837°W / 55.2001; -102.2837
Basin  countries	Canada
Max. length	25 km (16 mi)
Max. depth	135 ft (41 m)
Surface elevation	330 m (1,080 ft)

Kakinagimak Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It lies in low-relief forested terrain of the Canadian Shield. The climate is sub-arctic.

Location

Kakinagimak Lake is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-west of Flin Flon, Manitoba, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. The lake is 25 kilometres (16 mi) long, following north-south geological structures, but is narrow like a river. The lake surface is about 330 metres (1,080 ft) above sea level. ^[1] There is a fishing cabin on the lake. ^[2]

Terrain

The lake has an average depth of 60 to 80 feet (18 to 24 m) and a maximum depth of 135 feet (41 m). It has 40 miles (64 km) of shoreline. ^[2] Granitoid ridges near the lake rise to about 410 metres (1,350 ft) above sea level. ^[1] Most of the region is underlain by granodiorite to tonalite gneisses, which are exposed on the shores of the central portion of the lake. ^[3] Robbestad Lake, McArthur Lake and the northern part of Kakinagimak Lake drain northward into the Churchill River via the Nemei River. The southern part of Kakinagimak Lake drains south into the Wildnest-Sturgeon-Weir River System, then into the Saskatchewan River. ^[4]

Environment

The lake is in the subarctic climate zone. ^[5] The annual average temperature is −2 °C (28 °F). The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 17 °C (63 °F) and the coldest is January, with −21 °C (−6 °F). ^[6] The lake is surrounded by coniferous forest. ^[7] The lake is home to northern pike, walleye, and lake trout. The water is clear. ^[2]

See also

• List of lakes of Saskatchewan

References

1. Maxeiner 2007, p. 1.
2. Kakinagimak Lake Outpost – Kississing Lodge.
3. Maxeiner 2007, p. 4.
4. Pyke 1961, p. 5.
5. Peel, Finlayson & McMahon 2007.
6. Dataset Index – NASA.
7. Land Cover Classification – NASA.

• "Dataset Index", NASA Earth Observations Data, NASA, archived from the original on 16 April 2020, retrieved 30 January 2016
• Kakinagimak Lake, Natural Resources Canada , retrieved 25 June 2018
• Kakinagimak Lake Outpost (PDF), Kississing Lodge, retrieved 25 June 2018
• "Land Cover Classification (1 year)", NASA Earth Observations Data, NASA, archived from the original on 31 August 2016, retrieved 30 January 2016
• Maxeiner, Ralf O. (2007), "Geology of the Kakinagimak Lake Area, Northwestern Flin Flon Domain (part of NTS 63M/01)", Summary of Investigations 2002 (PDF), vol. 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, retrieved 25 June 2018
• Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007), "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11, doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007
• Pyke, M. W. (1961), The Geology of the Attitti Lake Area (West Half) Saskatchewan (PDF), Saskatchewan Department of Mineral Resources, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2018, retrieved 24 June 2018