| Departure Lake | |
| Settlement Type: | Dispersed rural community |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 49.2878°N -81.7978°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cochrane |
| Subdivision Type3: | Part |
| Subdivision Name3: | Unorganized North Cochrane District |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 233 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Area Codes: | 705, 249 |
Departure Lake is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in geographic Haggart Township, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on Ontario Highway 11 between the communities of Strickland to the west and Smooth Rock Falls to the east.[3] [4] [5] [6]
The community is counted as part of Unorganized North Cochrane District in Canadian census data.
The mouth of Haggart Creek at the Poplar Rapids River is southeast of the community,[7] and the Poplar Rapids River itself passes under Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway just east of the community. Departure Lake, a lake on the Poplar Rapids River, is south of the community at the end of North Access Road, where there is a picnic area.