McKenzie Lake (Moore Creek)

McKenzie Lake is a lake in South Algonquin, Nipissing District and Hastings Highlands, Hastings County in Ontario, Canada, about 14 kilometres (9 mi) south of the community of Madawaska. The settlement of McKenzie Lake is on the north shore of the lake.

Hydrology

McKenzie Lake is in the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, is about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long and 1.1 kilometres (0.7 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 395 metres (1,296 ft). It is roughly L-shaped, with the long axis running south-southwest to north-northwest, and the smaller extension running to the south.

The primary inflows are the east and west branches of Moore Creek at the east and northwest respectively. There are three unnamed creek secondary inflows, one at the northeast from Turf Lake that enters only a few tens of meters north of the Moore Creek inflow, a second roughly centered along the south coast from North Chainy Lake, and a third in the extreme southern tip from Lake St. Peter (Ontario).

The primary outflow is also known as Moore Creek, running outwards from the extreme northern tip of the lake north towards Moore Lake, which flows into the Madawaska River, and via the Ottawa River into the St. Lawrence River.

The lake is almost entirely in South Algonquin, Nipissing District, except for the southwestern tip, which is in Hastings Highlands, Hastings County.

See also

• List of lakes in Ontario

References