Leo Lake (Manitoba) Explained

Leo Lake
Pushpin Map:Manitoba#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the lake in Manitoba
Coords:54.79°N -101.5594°W
Lake Type:Glacial Lake
Inflow:none
Outflow:Thompson Lake
Basin Countries:Canada
Length:0.8km (00.5miles)
Width:0.5km (00.3miles)
Shore:2.31km (01.44miles)
Elevation:314m (1,030feet)
Islands:0

Leo Lake is a small glacial lake approximately northeast of Bakers Narrows which drains into Thompson Lake. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada.

Description

The lakes 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 poorly drained areas of muskeg.[1]

Name

The name was officially adopted in 1979.[2]

Canoe route

Leo Lake is part of the "Mistik Creek Loop", a well-known remote canoe trip which is in total length and can be paddled in four days.[3] The route begins and ends at Bakers Narrows and from Leo lake there are portages north to Alberts Lake and south to Flintoba Lake.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, R.E.. Terrestrial Ecozones, Ecoregions, and Ecodistricts of Manitoba. 1998. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 0-662-27446-6. 88.
  2. Web site: Geographic Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 19 May 2014.
  3. News: Schick. RoseAnna. Live the song of the paddles. 18 May 2014. Winnipeg Free Press. 2003-06-21.
  4. Book: Berard, Real. Mistik Creek Canoe Route. 1968. Manitoba Dept. of Natural Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20140518223753/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=4142624. dead. 2014-05-18.