Roderick Lake (Manitoba–Saskatchewan)

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Roderick Lake
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Roderick Lake
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Roderick Lake
Roderick Lake (Canada)
Location Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Coordinates 56°00′45″N102°01′01″W / 56.01250°N 102.01694°W / 56.01250; -102.01694 [1]
Part of Hudson Bay drainage basin
Basin  countries Canada
Max. length6.1 km (3.8 mi) [2]
Max. width2.2 km (1.4 mi) [2]
Surface elevation337 m (1,106 ft) [3]
SettlementsNone
References [1] [4]

Roderick Lake is a lake on the border between Manitoba [4] and Saskatchewan, [1] Canada. [2] The lake is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin. [2] Except for the north-east end, most of the lake is in Saskatchewan. [2]

There are several unnamed inflows, and the primary outflow, at the north-east, is an unnamed stream that flows south to Loon Lake on the Churchill River, a tributary of Hudson Bay. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Roderick Lake". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 12 August 2018. (Saskatchewan entry)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Toporama". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. "Google Earth" . Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Roderick Lake". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 12 August 2018. (Manitoba entry)