Primary inflows Basin countries Canada Max. width .1 km (0.062 mi) Length 1.3 km | Primary outflows Mistik Creek Max. length 1.3 km (0.81 mi) Surface elevation 315 m Width 100 m Outflow location Mistik Creek Lake type Glacial lake | |
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Nikotwasik Lake is narrow glacial lake on the Mistik Creek chain beneath the Vamp Creek confluence. It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. It sits in the Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests which consist of mixed deciduous and coniferous trees. The area 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 km (59 mi) in length which can be paddled in four days.
Contents
Map of Nikotwasik Lake, Division No. 21, Unorganized, MB, Canada
The lake contains northern pike.
Etymology
Nikotwasik is Cree for "six". 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: