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Naosap Mud Lake

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Lake type
  
Glacial Lake

Primary outflows
  
Naosap Lake

Max. length
  
1.4 km (0.87 mi)

Surface elevation
  
332 m

Width
  
700 m

Province
  
Manitoba

Number of islands
  
0

Primary inflows
  
none

Basin countries
  
Canada

Max. width
  
.7 km (0.43 mi)

Length
  
1.4 km

Shore length
  
4.7 km

Outflow location
  
Naosap Lake

Naosap Mud Lake

Naosap Mud Lake is a small glacial lake approximately 22 km (14 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows which drains into Naosap Lake. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada.

Contents

Map of Naosap Mud Lake, Division No. 21, Unorganized, MB, Canada

Description

The lakes sits in Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is poorly drained areas of muskeg.

Name

The name was officially adopted in 1979.

Canoe Route

Nasoap Mud Lake is part of the "Mistik Creek Loop", a well-known remote canoe trip which is 95 km (59 mi) in total length and can be paddled in four days. The route begins and ends at Bakers Narrows and from Naosap Mud Lake there are portages east to Naosap Lake and south to Alberts Lake.

References

Naosap Mud Lake Wikipedia