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Kakat Lake

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Primary outflows
  
Mistik Creek

Max. length
  
0.8 km (0.50 mi)

Surface elevation
  
320 m

Width
  
500 m

Number of islands
  
3

Basin countries
  
Canada

Max. width
  
0.5 km (0.31 mi)

Length
  
800 m

Outflow location
  
Mistik Creek

Lake type
  
Glacial lake

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Primary inflows
  
Mistik Creek, Holt Lake

Inflow source
  
Mistik Creek, Holt Lake, Manitoba

Kakat Lake (also known as Kakat Mitatut Lake) is a glacial lake at the confluence of Holt Lake and Mistik Creek, approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows. As a segment of the Mistik Creek, it is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. The surrounding mixed deciduous and coniferous forest is part of the Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests. The region around the lake consists of rocky parallel ridges with poorly drained areas of muskeg and irregular stony shorelines due to intense glaciation. The lake is situated on the well known "Mistik Creek Loop", a remote canoe route 95 kilometres (59 mi) in length which can be paddled in four days.

Etymology

Kakat is Cree for "nine". It is notable for being one of fourteen lakes on Mistik Creek named in numeric order in Cree. The fourteen lakes listed by their Cree names with the english translations in order from south to north are:

  • Payuk Lake - One (outflow)
  • Neso Lake - Two
  • Nisto Lake - Three
  • Nao Lake - Four
  • Niyanun Lake - Five
  • Nikotwasik Lake - Six
  • Tapukok Lake - Seven
  • Uyenanao Lake - Eight
  • Kakat Lake - Nine
  • Mitatut Lake - Ten
  • Payukosap Lake - Eleven
  • Nesosap Lake - Twelve
  • Nistosap Lake - Thirteen
  • Naosap Lake - Fourteen (source)
  • References

    Kakat Lake Wikipedia