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Kapuskasing Lake

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Primary inflows
  
Basin countries
  
Length
  
13,000 m

Max width
  
4,000 m

Province
  
Primary outflows
  
Max. length
  
13 kilometres (8.1 mi)

Surface elevation
  
312 m

Outflow location
  
Inflow source
  
Kapuskasing Lake

Kapuskasing Lake is a lake in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is the source of the Kapuskasing River. The majority of the lake is in geographic Kapuskasing Township, Algoma District, with just the southern tip in geographic Sherlock Township, Sudbury District.

Map of Kapuskasing Lake, Ontario, Canada

The primary inflow at the southwest is the Chapleau River. The primary outflow is the Kapuskasing River at the northeast, of which the lake is the source. The Kapuskasing River flows via the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.

The settlement of Elsas is at the northern end of the lake, and the railway point of Agate is just northwest of the lake. Both settlements are on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line, completed in 1915 as the Canadian Northern Railway, which follows the northern shore of the lake. The line is served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains which stop at Elsas railway station.

References

Kapuskasing Lake Wikipedia


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