Gods Lake
Gods Lake is located in Manitoba
Gods Lake
Gods Lake
Location in Manitoba
LocationNortheastern Manitoba
Coordinates54°40′26″N 94°14′48″W / 54.67389°N 94.24667°W / 54.67389; -94.24667[1]
Part ofHudson Bay drainage basin
Primary inflowsWesachewan River
Primary outflowsGods River
Catchment area20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi)
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length74 km (46 mi)
Surface area1,061 km2 (410 sq mi)
Average depth13.2 m (43 ft)
Max. depth75.3 m (247 ft)
Residence time2.68 years
Shore length1474 km (295 mi)
Surface elevation180 m (591 ft)[2]
IslandsElk Island and many smaller islands
SettlementsGods Lake, Gods Lake Narrows, Gods River
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada.[1][3][4][5] The lake covers an area of 1,151 square kilometres (444 sq mi) with a net (water surface) area of 1,061 square kilometres (410 sq mi), making it the 7th largest lake in the province.[6] It lies north of Island Lake at an elevation of 178 metres (584 ft),[6] approximately 280 kilometres (174 mi) east of Thompson, Manitoba. It has a shore length of 474 kilometres (295 mi).[3] It drains north via the Gods River and the Hayes River to Hudson Bay.

The area was featured in season 7 of the reality television series Ice Road Truckers. Richard Wagamese writes about Gods Lake in chapter 5 of Indian Horse.

Settlements

Gods Lake, Manitoba

The First Nations communities of Gods Lake Narrows, Gods Lake (God's Lake 23), and Gods River are located on the shores of the lake.

Gods Lake Narrows is in the southern portion of Gods Lake where the lake narrows. The community is built on an island in the narrows of the lake and on the west and east shores. Gods Lake Narrows consists of the northern community of Gods Lake Narrows (a designated place in the 2011 Canada Census) with a population of 85[7] and God's Lake 23, a God's Lake First Nation community of 1,341 people.[7]

At the mouth of Gods River on the northern end of the lake is the primary settlement of the Manto Sipi First Nation community of Gods River (God's River 86A) with 596 people.[3][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gods Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Google Earth". Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Google Maps Distance Calculator". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ "World Lake Database (Gods Lake)". Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  6. 1 2 "Manitoba – Lake Areas and Elevation (lakes larger than 400 square kilometres)". The Atlas of Canada – Lakes. Natural Resources Canada. June 24, 2008. Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  7. 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2014.


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