Holt Lake (Manitoba) Explained

Holt Lake
Coords:54.7675°N -101.4147°W
Lake Type:Glacial Lake
Pushpin Map:Manitoba#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the lake in Manitoba
Outflow:Mistik Creek
Basin Countries:Canada
Length:3.4km (02.1miles)
Width:0.4km (00.2miles)
Shore:8km (05miles)
Elevation:326m (1,070feet)
Islands:0

Holt Lake is a glacial lake that drains into the Kakat Lake, approximately northeast of Bakers Narrows.[1] As a tributary of Mistik Creek, it is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. The lake sits in Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is characterized by steeply sloping irregular rock ridges and poorly drained areas of muskeg.[2]

The region around the lake is largely inaccessible and very wild and is the home to woodland caribou.[3]

Holt lake is named after a trapper who lived on the lake in the 1920s and kept a tame lynx and wolf.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wikimapia. 19 May 2014.
  2. Book: Smith, R.E.. Terrestrial Ecozones, Ecoregions, and Ecodistricts of Manitoba. 1998. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 0-662-27446-6. 88.
  3. Hirai. Tamaki. An evaluation of woodland caribou (Rar~gifetra randus caribon) calviog habitat in the Wabowden area, Manitoba. Natural Resources Institute. August 1998. 19 May 2014.