Meyers Lake (Ontario) Explained

Meyers Lake
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ontario
Location:Cochrane District and Timiskaming District, Ontario
Coordinates:48.2725°N -80.2969°W
Part Of:James Bay drainage basin
Inflow:Benoit Creek, Sarsfield Creek, Woollings Creek
Outflow:Woollings Creek
Basin Countries:Canada
Length:1.91km (01.19miles)
Width:1.77km (01.1miles)
Elevation:[1]
Islands:3
Reference:[2]

Meyers Lake is a lake in Cochrane District and Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The lake is in the James Bay drainage basin and the nearest community is Bourkes, 4.6km (02.9miles) to the northeast.

The northern quarter of the lake is in geographic Black Township[3] in the municipality of Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District; the rest of the lake is in geographic Lee Township[4] in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District.

The lake is about 1.91km (01.19miles) long and 1.77km (01.1miles) wide. It has three small, unnamed islands. The primary inflows are Sarsfield Creek at the west; Woollings Creek at northwest; and Benoit Creek at the northeast. There is one unnamed secondary inflow at the north. The primary outflow, at the east, is also Woollings Creek, which heads southeast to its mouth at Swan Lake. The latter lake empties via the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.

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Notes and References

  1. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-12-31.
  2. FDULN. Meyers Lake. 2016-12-31.
  3. Web site: Black. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-12-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161542/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/B/Black.pdf. 2017-01-01.
  4. Web site: Lee . PDF . Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps . . 2016-12-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223201552/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/L/Lee.pdf . 2016-12-23 .