James Lake (Ontario)

James Lake

Southwestern shore of James Lake viewed from Northland Pyrite Mine.
Location Temagami, Ontario
Coordinates 47°10′43.71″N 79°44′14.60″W / 47.1788083°N 79.7373889°W / 47.1788083; -79.7373889Coordinates: 47°10′43.71″N 79°44′14.60″W / 47.1788083°N 79.7373889°W / 47.1788083; -79.7373889
Basin countries Canada

James Lake is a lake in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in the Temagami region along Highway 11.

History

Water levels of James Lake increased and decreased in the early 1900s.[1] The cause of this alternation could have been caused by beavers building dams in the lake's outlet, eventually causing the water levels in rise.[1] This rise in water levels began to cease in 1906 when operations of Northland Pyrite Mine on the lake's southwestern shore dumped waste rock into the lake.[1] Erosion of the waste rock resulted in the development of acidic lake waste waters next to the waste pile, causing neighboring organisms to disappear.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists


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