| Otter Lake | |
|---|---|
  Otter Lake Location in Ontario | |
| Location | Kenora District, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 53°46′16″N89°27′41″W / 53.77111°N 89.46139°W Coordinates: 53°46′16″N89°27′41″W / 53.77111°N 89.46139°W |
| Part of | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
| Primary outflows | Otter River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface elevation | 209 metres (686 ft) [1] |
| References | [2] |
Otter Lake is a lake in northwestern Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [2] It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin and is the source of the Otter River. The Otter River flows via the Fawn River and Severn River to Hudson Bay.
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.
Otter Lake is immediately southeast of Angling Lake, the home of the Wapekeka First Nation and location of Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport.
Wapekeka First Nation is a First Nation band government in the Canadian province of Ontario. An Oji-Cree community in the Kenora District, the community is located approximately 450 kilometres northeast of Sioux Lookout. In January, 2008, the total registered population was 375, of which the on-reserve population was 355.
Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport,, is located 1.5 nautical miles west of the First Nations settlement of Wapekeka, Ontario, Canada, to the east of Big Trout Lake and on the south shores of Weir Lake.
