Camp Lake (Manitoba) Explained

Camp Lake
Location:Sherridon, Manitoba
Outflow:Kississing Lake
Basin Countries:Canada
Pushpin Map:Manitoba#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the lake in Manitoba

Camp Lake is a waterbody in western Manitoba, Canada.

Description and history

Camp Lake is located in Sherridon, Manitoba adjacent to Kississing Lake.[1] A weir separates the two lakes.[2]

Between 1931 and 1951, operators of the Sherritt-Gordon Mine deposited 7.7 mega tons of tailings in close proximity to the lake.[3] The lake became polluted from contaminants in the tailings and the contamination of Camp Lake spread into Kississing Lake.[4]

Remediation efforts started in 2009 and including moving mine tailings from Camp Lake into Kississing Lake in 2013 and 2015.

Water quality testing undertaken by the Manitoba Metis Federation in 2021 identified metal contamination in the lake.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Georgetown University, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations . Canadian North . 1956 . Technical Assistant to Chief of Naval Operations for Polar Projects (OP-O3A3) . United States . 222–223 . en . 23 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230706172258/https://books.google.com/books?id=etEPAQAAIAAJ . 6 July 2023 . live.
  2. Web site: 2015-07-10 . Tailing drainage into Kississing Lake raises orange flags in Sherridon . 2023-08-21 . Flin Flon Reminder . en . 2023-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230706172301/https://www.thereminder.ca/local-news/tailing-drainage-into-kississing-lake-raises-orange-flags-in-sherridon-4077787 . live .
  3. Moncur . Michael C. . Ptacek . Carol J. . Hayashi . Masaki . Blowes . David W. . Birks . S. Jean . 2014-02-01 . Seasonal cycling and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from an abandoned mine site in northern Canada . . 41 . 176–188 . 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.12.007 . 2014ApGC...41..176M . 0883-2927.
  4. Web site: 2009-02-11 . $34.5M to clean up Sherridon tailings . 2023-08-20 . . en.
  5. News: Baxter . Dave . 24 September 2021 . MMF blames province over concerning levels of metal contamination in Manitoba lakes . . 21 August 2023 . 25 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925020710/https://winnipegsun.com/news/news-news/mmf-blames-province-over-concerning-levels-of-metal-contamination-in-manitoba-lakes . live .

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