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Clearwater Lakes or Lac a l'Eau-Claire. Lake Champlain in Quebec and New York, Vermont. Lake Charest (Mékinac) Châteauvert Lake (La Tuque) Lac des Chats. Cinconsine Lake. Lac des Chicots (Sainte-Thècle) Croche Lake (Sainte-Thècle) Lake of the Cross (Lac-Édouard)
- Yukon: Kluana Lake. Kluane Lake is the largest lake in Yukon. It covers an area of 158 square miles and is located entirely within the Yukon. The A'ay Chu (Slims River) that originated from the Kaskawulsh Glacier was the lake's main source of water until 2016.
- Saskatchewan: Lake Athabasca. Lake Athabasca is the largest lake in Saskatchewan and the eighth largest in the country. It is located along the border with Alberta, south of the Northwest Territories.
- Quebec: Caniapiscau Reservoir. The Caniapiscau Reservoir is the largest lake in Quebec and Canada’s second largest reservoir. It is located on the upper part of the Caniapiscau River and is part of the James Bay Project, which involved construction of several hydroelectric power stations.
- Ontario: Lake Superior. Lake Superior is the largest lake in Ontario. It is also the largest lake in Canada and the continent. It is the largest lake in the world by area and the third largest by volume.
Large lakes. The map shows the location of 565 lakes and reservoirs with a total lake area larger than 100 square kilometres or 38.6 square miles. A table shows the fifteen largest lakes ranked by their area with their maximum depth. An examination of inland hydrologic subsystems must stress the roles of lakes and lake systems.
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 ...
RankCan RankLakeArea1382,100 km 2 (31,700 sq mi)2159,600 km 2 (23,000 sq mi)3231,328 km 2 (12,096 sq mi)4428,568 km 2 (11,030 sq mi)- Lake Superior: 82,100 Km2
- Lake Huron: 59,600 Km2
- Great Bear Lake: 31,328 Km2
- Great Slave Lake: 28,568 Km2
- Lake Erie: 25,700 Km2
- Lake Winnipeg: 23,750 Km2
- Lake Ontario: 18,960 Km2
- Lake Athabasca: 7,935 Km2
- Reindeer Lake: 6,650 Km2
- Nettilling Lake: 5,542 Km2
Lake Superior is one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world, containing more water than all the other Great Lakes combined — 12,100 km3. Called Kitchi-gummi in Anishinaabemowin (meaning “great lake” or “great water”), it was later named Lac Supérieur(meaning “upper”) by the French, as it was the most northern of the Great Lakes.
Four interconnected bodies of water form Lake Huron: the main lake, Saginaw Bay, the North Channel and Georgian Bay. Manitoulin Island, the largest island in the world located in a lake, is part of an archipelago at Lake Huron’s northern end. The island is home to six Anishinabek First Nations: Sheguiandah, Aundeck Omni Kaning, M'Chigeeng, Zhiibaah...
Great Bear Lake, though third on this list, is the largest lake entirely inside Canadian borders. Located in the Northwest Territories, it is made up of five separate arms, each with their own names: Dease, McTavish, McVicar, Keith and Smith. Great Bear Lake is a part of the Yamoria legends — ancient Denestories about giant heroes, animals, and liv...
Great Slave Lake is the second largest lake entirely within Canadian borders. It is located south of Great Bear Lake, in the Northwest Territories. With a maximum depth of 614 m, Great Slave Lake is also North America’s deepest lake. It has two arms, referred to as the North and East arms. The name “Slave” derives from “Slavey” — a word sometimes a...
Lake Erie is the southernmost and shallowest of the Great Lakes. During the 1960s and early 1970s, it was declared dead. Excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the lake, primarily from detergents and agricultural fertilizers, accelerated the growth of phytoplankton such as algae. The algae grew at the lake’s surface and limited the sunlight and oxygen a...
The Cree called Lake Winnipeg win nipee meaning “muddy water.” English and French maps used a number of different spellings, like Ouynipigon and Winnipeek. Two large sections of the lake’s eastern shoreline are part of Pimachiowin Aki, a UNESCO world heritage site. Pimachiowin Aki means “the land that gives life” in Anishinaabemowin.
Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area, is adjacent to over 55 per cent of the province’s population. The metropolitan areas bordering the lake’s western end, namely St. Catharines-Niagara, Hamilton, Toronto and Oshawa, are known as the Golden Horseshoe. Major factors promoting the settlement and growth of this region have be...
Lake Athabasca is part of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, a biologically diverse wetland west of the lake and about the size of Prince Edward Island. It is an important migration point and nesting area for such bird species as the whooping crane and whistling swan. In addition, 80 per cent of the delta falls within the boundaries of Wood Buffalo Nationa...
Reindeer Lake, located on the border between northeastern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba, has a heavily indented shoreline and contains numerous small islands. Fishing is an important industry in the area, and sportfishermen are drawn by its clear and deep waters. Regular catches include Northern pike, lake trout, walleye and Arctic graylin...
Nettilling Lake is located on Baffin Island, Nunavut. It is the largest lake in the world found on an island. Ice-covered for most of the year, only three species of fish have been recorded in its waters: Arctic char and two species of stickleback. The area around the lake and south to Amadjuak Lake is important for caribou.
Mar 30, 2021 · Article by The Canadian Encyclopedia. Published Online March 30, 2021. Last Edited March 17, 2023. The province of Quebec is composed of three of Canada’s seven physiographic regions. These regions are the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield and the Appalachian region. The St. Lawrence Lowlands is the most fertile and developed region.
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Manicouagan Reservoir (also Lake Manicouagan / mænɪkwɑːɡən, - ɡɒ̃ /) is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada, covering an area of 1,942 km 2 (750 sq mi). The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel. The structure was created 214 (±1) million years ago, in the Late ...
