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This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres being estimated at close to 31,752 by the Atlas of Canada. Of these, 561 lakes have a surface area larger than 100 km 2, [1] including four of the Great Lakes. Almost 9% (891,163 square ...
38 km 3 9.1 cu mi The second largest lake in the Congo's drainage basin, Tanganyika being the largest. 30: Nipigon Canada: Fresh 4,848 km 2 1,872 sq mi 116 km 72 mi 165 m 541 ft 266 km 3 64 cu mi Largest lake entirely in Ontario. Part of the Great Lake drainage basin. Often referred to as the, "sixth" or "seventh" lake, together with St. Clair. 31
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
Category: Lakes of Canada by province or territory. 20 languages. ... Lakes of Nunavut (3 C, 2 P) O. Lakes of Ontario (9 C, 60 P) Q. Lakes of Quebec (2 C, 1 P) S.
Great Bear Lake (North Slavey: Sahtú; French: Grand lac de l'Ours) is a lake in the boreal forest of Canada.It is the largest lake entirely in Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron are larger but straddle the Canada–US border), the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world. [4]
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border.The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (though hydrologically, Michigan and Huron are a single body of water; they are joined by the Straits of Mackinac).
The largest lake completely within Alberta is Lake Claire, at 1,436 km 2 (554 sq mi). Lake Claire is just west of Lake Athabasca, with both located in the remote Peace-Athabasca Delta . This section provides a list of lakes of Alberta with an area larger than 100 km 2 (39 sq mi).
Caniapiscau Reservoir Robert-Bourassa Reservoir Manicouagan Reservoir Meech Lake from Blanchet beach by south-west coast Lac des Nations Clearwater Lakes (Lac a l'Eau-Claire) Île aux Tourtes Bridge across Lake of Two Mountains, with Mont Oka in the background Pingualuit crater lake Looking south over Lake Timiskaming from Fort Témiscamingue near Ville-Marie, Quebec.