| Lake Minto | |
| Image Bathymetry: | Lac Minto.jpg |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Location: | Baie-d'Hudson, Kativik, Quebec |
| Coords: | 57.2186°N -75.0125°W |
| Type: | Oligotrophic |
| Inflow: | Charpentier River and other rivers |
| Outflow: | Leaf River |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Length: | 81abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Width: | 22abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Area: | 761abbr=onNaNabbr=on [1] |
| Elevation: | 168m (551feet) |
Lake Minto (Inuktitut: Qasigialik, "where there are spotted seals") is a lake on western Ungava Peninsula, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It has a total surface area of and a net area of .[2]
It was named by Canadian explorer and geologist Albert Peter Low in 1898 after Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, who was Governor General of Canada at that time.[3]
It is only some east of Hudson Bay in a valley between several rows of hills, but Lake Minto's outlet, the Leaf River, flows north-east for about to Ungava Bay. As such, it is used by canoeists especially when crossing Ungava from west to east.[3] [4] [5]
It is considered one of the most beautiful lakes in northern Quebec.[3]