Owaissa Lake (Algonquin Provincial Park)

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Owaissa Lake
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Owaissa Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Nipissing District, Ontario
Coordinates 45°40′02″N78°06′19″W / 45.66722°N 78.10528°W / 45.66722; -78.10528 [1]
Type Lake
Part of Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Basin  countries Canada
Max. length340 metres (1,120 ft)
Max. width260 metres (850 ft)
Surface elevation391 metres (1,283 ft)

Owaissa Lake is a lake in geographic Preston Township, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] It is in Algonquin Provincial Park and is part of the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.

Owaissa Lake has two unnamed inflows, at the north and southwest. The primary outflow is an unnamed creek at the south, which flows to Shirley Creek. Shirley Creek flows via Crotch Lake, the Opeongo River, the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

The lake is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the Shall Lake access point to Algonquin Provincial Park. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Owaissa Lake". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. 1 2 McMurtrie, Jeffrey (2008). "Algonquin Provincial Park and the Haliburton Highlands". Wikimedia Commons. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-23.