Yorkend Lake (Ontario)

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Yorkend Lake
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Yorkend Lake
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Yorkend Lake
Location Haliburton County, Ontario
Coordinates 45°18′01″N78°20′16″W / 45.30028°N 78.33778°W / 45.30028; -78.33778
Primary outflows York River
Basin  countriesCanada
Max. length451 m (1,480 ft)
Max. width268 m (879 ft)
Surface elevation498 m (1,634 ft)

Yorkend Lake is a lake in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada in the southern extension of Algonquin Park and is the source of the York River.

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