Gibson Lake (Pukaskwa River)

For other places with the same name, see Gibson Lake (disambiguation).
Gibson Lake
Gibson Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Thunder Bay District & Algoma District, Ontario
Coordinates 48°20′23″N 85°19′59″W / 48.33972°N 85.33306°W / 48.33972; -85.33306Coordinates: 48°20′23″N 85°19′59″W / 48.33972°N 85.33306°W / 48.33972; -85.33306[1]
Type Lake
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Primary outflows Pukaskwa River
Basin countries Canada
Max. length 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi)
Max. width 1.2 kilometres (0.7 mi)
Surface elevation 464 metres (1,522 ft)[2]

Gibson Lake is a lake in Thunder Bay District and Algoma District in Northern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is the source of the Pukaskwa River, and lies entirely within Pukaskwa National Park. There are three unnamed inflows, at the northwest, northeast and southeast. The primary outflow, at the south, is the Pukaskwa River, which flows to Lake Superior.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gibson Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-09-15.

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