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Nisto Lake

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Lake type
  
Glacial Lake

Primary outflows
  
Mistik Creek

Max. length
  
3.8 km (2.4 mi)

Surface elevation
  
308 m

Width
  
900 m

Outflow location
  
Mistik Creek

Number of islands
  
7

Primary inflows
  
Mistik Creek

Basin countries
  
Canada

Max. width
  
0.9 km (0.56 mi)

Length
  
3.8 km

Province
  
Manitoba

Inflow source
  
Mistik Creek

Nisto Lake

Nisto Lake is a glacial lake on the Mistik Creek chain 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 region around the lake consists of rocky parallel ridges with poorly drained areas of muskeg and irregular rocky shorelines due to intense glaciation. The lake is situated on the well known "Mistik Creek Loop", a remote canoe route which is 80 km in total length can be paddled in four days.

Contents

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

Etymology

Nisto is Cree for "three". 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

    Nisto Lake Wikipedia