| Wabigoon Lake | |
| Location: | Kenora District, northwestern Ontario |
| Coords: | 49.75°N -134°W |
| Type: | reservoir, natural lake |
| Pushpin Map: | Ontario |
| Outflow: | Wabigoon River |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Length: | 20miles |
| Area: | 26000acres |
| Max-Depth: | 47.1feet |
| Shore: | 114miles |
| Elevation: | 1083feet |
| Cities: | Dryden |
Wabigoon Lake is a lake located in the Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The community of Dryden (pop 8,198) is located on the north shore of the lake, and the primary inflow and outflow is the Wabigoon River. A dam built to provide power for the early pulp and paper company raised the original level of the lake by several feet and its current average depth is, destroying a significant amount of the local timber and wild rice in the process.
The name "Wabigoon" comes from the Ojibwe waabigon, "marigold", or waabi-miigwan, "white feather".[1] [2]