Owaissa Lake (Temagami)

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Owaissa Lake
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Owaissa Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Nipissing District, Ontario
Coordinates 47°09′10″N79°46′39″W / 47.15278°N 79.77750°W / 47.15278; -79.77750 [1]
Type Lake
Part of Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Basin  countries Canada
Max. length780 metres (2,560 ft)
Max. width510 metres (1,670 ft)
Surface elevation311 metres (1,020 ft)

Owaissa Lake is a lake in the municipality of Temagami, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in geographic Best Township [2] [3] and is part of the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.

Owaissa Lake has two islands, one in the middle of the lake and on at the northeast. It has one unnamed inflow, at the northwest, and one unnamed outflow, at the northeast, which leads to Ferguson Lake on Net Creek. Net Creek flows via Cassels Lake, Rabbit Lake, the Matabitchuan River, Lake Timiskaming and the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

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References

  1. "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. "Best" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2017-12-07.