Swallow Lake (Matawin River)
For other places with the same name, see Swallow Lake (disambiguation).
| Swallow Lake | |
|---|---|
  Swallow Lake Location in Ontario | |
| Location | Thunder Bay District, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 48°27′19″N 90°19′10″W / 48.45528°N 90.31944°WCoordinates: 48°27′19″N 90°19′10″W / 48.45528°N 90.31944°W[1] |
| Type | Lake |
| Part of | Great Lakes Basin |
| Primary outflows | Matawin River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 483 metres (1,585 ft)[2] |
Swallow Lake is a lake in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is the source of the Matawin River. There are two unnamed inflows, at the southwest and east. The primary outflow, at the south, is the Matawin River, which flows via the Kaministiquia River to Lake Superior.
References
- 1 2 "Swallow Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ↑ Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-09-02.
Other map sources:
- Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, September 02, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.