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Mitatut Lake

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Lake type
  
Glacial Lake

Primary outflows
  
Max. length
  
0.8 km (0.50 mi)

Surface elevation
  
321 m

Width
  
500 m

Outflow location
  
Number of islands
  
0

Primary inflows
  
Mistik Creek

Basin countries
  
Canada

Max. width
  
0.5 km (0.31 mi)

Length
  
800 m

Province
  
Inflow source
  
Mistik Creek

Mitatut Lake

Mitatut Lake is a glacial lake above 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 80 kilometres (50 mi) in length which can be paddled in four days.

Contents

Map of Mitatut Lake, Division No. 21, Unorganized, MB, Canada

Etymology

Mitatut is Cree for "ten". 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

    Mitatut Lake Wikipedia


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