| Obabika Lake | |
|---|---|
  Obabika Lake Location in Ontario | |
| Location | Kenora District, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 51°52′30″N90°54′53″W / 51.87500°N 90.91472°W [1] Coordinates: 51°52′30″N90°54′53″W / 51.87500°N 90.91472°W [1] |
| Type | Lake |
| Etymology | Ojibwe for "One lake that is almost two" |
| Part of | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 373 metres (1,224 ft) |
Obabika Lake is a lake in Kenora District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] It is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin.
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are also larger and deeper than ponds, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which are usually flowing. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams.
Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is geographically the largest division in that province; at 407,213.01 square kilometres (157,225.82 sq mi), it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area, making it larger than Newfoundland and Labrador, and slightly smaller than Sweden.
Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the western part of the region. Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1912, the Parliament of Canada by the Ontario Boundaries Extension Act gave jurisdiction over the District of Patricia to Ontario, thereby extending the northern boundary of the province to Hudson Bay.
The primary inflows are the Morris River, at the northwest, arriving from Dehoux Lake, and the outflow via the Obabika Narrows from Otoonabee Lake, at the east. The primary outflow, at the north, is also the Morris River, which flows via the Pipestone River and the Winisk River to Hudson Bay.
The Winisk River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, that starts at Wunnummin Lake and flows east to Winisk Lake. From there it continues in a mostly northly direction to Hudson Bay. The Winisk River is 475 kilometres (295 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 67,300 square kilometres (26,000 sq mi). The name is from Cree origin meaning "groundhog".
Hudson Bay is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km2 (470,000 sq mi). It drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 km2 (1,490,900 sq mi), that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and indirectly through smaller passages of water to parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. Hudson Bay's southern arm is called James Bay.
The entire lake is within Pipestone River Provincial Park. [2]
