Cariad Lake

Cariad Lake
Cariad Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Cochrane District and Timiskaming District, Ontario
Coordinates 48°16′45″N 80°22′55″W / 48.27917°N 80.38194°W / 48.27917; -80.38194Coordinates: 48°16′45″N 80°22′55″W / 48.27917°N 80.38194°W / 48.27917; -80.38194
Part of James Bay drainage basin
Primary outflows Tomwool Creek
Basin countries Canada
Max. length 880 m (2,890 ft)
Max. width 300 m (980 ft)
Surface elevation 345 metres (1,132 ft)[1]
Islands 1
References [2]

Cariad Lake is a small lake in Cochrane District and Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2] The lake is in the James Bay drainage basin and is the source of Tomwool Creek. The nearest community is Bourkes, 11.5 kilometres (7 mi) to the east northeast.

Almost the entire lake is in geographic Black Township[3] in the municipality of Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District; only a tiny sliver of southwest of the lake is in geographic Lee Township[4] in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District.

The lake is about 880 metres (2,890 ft) long and 300 metres (980 ft) wide. It has one unnamed island at the northwest. There is one unnamed inflow at the west. The primary outflow, at the southeast, is Tomwool Creek, which heads south to Verona Lake. Tomwwool Creek flows via Sarsfield Creek, Meyers Lake, Woollings Creek, the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-12-31.
  2. 1 2 "Cariad Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  3. ↑ "Black" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  4. ↑ "Lee" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-31.

Other map sources:

  • Map 12 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  • Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-12-31.


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