Assean Lake | |
Location: | Division No. 22, Northern Manitoba |
Pushpin Map: | Manitoba#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the lake in Manitoba |
Basin Countries: | Canada |
Assean Lake, is a lake located about by road north-east of the town of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. The lake is connected via a thin stretch of water to the Little Assean Lake. It lies just north-west of Split Lake.
Assean Lake lies within the north-eastern extension of the Thompson Belt. The local geology of the Assean Lake consists of an extensive cover of lacustrine clay, silt, sand and basal till up to in thickness.[1]
The name of the lake is from the Cree word ᐊᓯᓃᐊᐧᐣ or asinîwan indicating a place with many stones.[2] It has also been spelled as Asseyan or Assigan.[3]