List of lakes of Ontario
This is an incomplete list of lakes in Ontario, a province of Canada. There are over 250,000 lakes in Ontario, constituting around 20% of the world's fresh water supply.[1]
Larger lake statistics
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This is a list of lakes of Ontario with an area larger than 400 km2 (150 sq mi).[2][3][4]
Lake | Area (including islands) | Altitude | Depth max. | Volume |
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Lake Superior[3] | 82,100 km2 (31,700 sq mi) | 184 m (604 ft) | 406 m (1,332 ft) | 12,000 km3 (2,900 cu mi) |
Lake Huron[3] | 59,600 km2 (23,000 sq mi) | 177 m (581 ft) | 229 m (751 ft) | 3,543 km3 (850 cu mi) |
Lake Erie[3] | 25,700 km2 (9,900 sq mi) | 174 m (571 ft) | 64 m (210 ft) | 480 km3 (120 cu mi) |
Lake Ontario[3] | 18,960 km2 (7,320 sq mi) | 75 m (246 ft) | 244 m (801 ft) | 1,640 km3 (390 cu mi) |
Lake Nipigon[2][4] | 4,848 km2 (1,872 sq mi) | 260 m (850 ft) | 165 m (541 ft) | 248 km3 (59 cu mi) |
Lake of the Woods[2] | 3,150 km2 (1,220 sq mi) | 323 m (1,060 ft) | 64 m (210 ft) | |
Lac Seul[2][4] | 1,657 km2 (640 sq mi) | 357 m (1,171 ft) | 47.2 m (155 ft) | 15 km3 (3.6 cu mi) |
Lake St. Clair | 1,114 km2 (430 sq mi) | 175 m (574 ft) | 8.2 m (27 ft) | 3.4 km3 (0.82 cu mi) |
Rainy Lake[2][4] | 932 km2 (360 sq mi) | 338 m (1,109 ft) | 50 m (160 ft) | |
Lake Abitibi[2][4] | 931 km2 (359 sq mi) | 265 m (869 ft) | 10 m (33 ft) | |
Lake Nipissing[2][4] | 832 km2 (321 sq mi) | 196 m (643 ft) | 69 m (226 ft) | 3.8 km3 (0.91 cu mi) |
Lake Simcoe[2] | 744 km2 (287 sq mi) | 219 m (719 ft) | 41 m (135 ft) | 11.6 km3 (2.8 cu mi) |
Big Trout Lake[2][4] | 661 km2 (255 sq mi) | 213 m (699 ft) | 39.6 m (130 ft) | |
Sandy Lake[2][4] | 527 km2 (203 sq mi) | 276 m (906 ft) | 41.8 m (137 ft) | 2.72 km3 (0.65 cu mi) |
Lake St. Joseph | 493 km2 (190 sq mi) | 371 m (1,217 ft) |
#
- 24 Mile Lake[5]
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
- Gananoque Lake
- Garson Lake
- Gathering Lake
- Gibson Lake (disambiguation), multiple lakes
- Gibson Lake (Greater Sudbury)
- Gillies Lake
- Gloucester Pool
- Go Home Lake
- Golden Lake
- Gordon Lake
- Ghost Lake
- Gould Lake (disambiguation), several lakes
- Green Lake
- Grundy Lake
- Guelph Lake
- Gull Lake (Ontario)
- Gullrock Lake
- Gunter Lake
H
- Halet Lake
- Halls Lake (Haliburton County)
- Hammer Lake
- Head Lake (Kawartha Lakes)
- Head Lake (Haliburton County)
- Heart Lake
- Herbert Lake
- Holden Lake
- Lake Huron
- Horseshoe Lake multiple lakes
I
- Inn Lake
- Indian Lake
- Innis Lake
- Irwin Lake
- Ivanhoe Lake
J
- Jack Lake
- Jeff Lake[6]
- Lake Joseph
- Jules Lake[7]
- Jumping Cariboo Lake
K
- Kabinakagami Lake
- Lake Kagawong
- Kahshe Lake
- Kamaniskeg Lake
- Kashagawigamog Lake
- Kashwakamak Lake
- Kasshabog Lake
- Kawagama Lake
- Kawartha Lakes
- Lake Kelso
- Kennisis Lake
- Kesagami Lake
- Kimber Lake
- Kushog Lake
- Lake Kairiskons
- Lake Kishkatina
L
- Lake Bernard (Parry Sound District)
- Lac des Mille Lacs
- Lady Evelyn Lake
- Lake Madawaska
- Lake of Bays (Kenora District)
- Lake of Bays (Muskoka lake)
- Lake of the Woods
- Lake of Two Islands
- Larder Lake
- Little Branch Lake
- Little Lake (Peterborough)
- Little Moose Lake[8]
- Little Papineau Lake
- Little Sachigo Lake
- Little Sucker Lake[9]
- Little Yirkie Lake
- Limerick Lake
- Long Lake
- Loughborough Lake
- Lower Beverley Lake
- Lower Buckhorn Lake
M
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- Mabel Lake
- MacDowell Lake
- Madawaska Lake
- Mameigwess Lake (north Kenora District)
- Mameigwess Lake (south Kenora District)
- Lake Manitou
- Lake Manitouwabing
- Maple Lake
- Marmion Lake
- Mary Lake
- Lake Matinenda
- Maul Lake
- Maynard Lake
- Mazinaw Lake
- McArthur Lake
- McKay Lake (Ottawa)
- McKay Lake (Pic River)
- McLaren Lake[10]
- Mirror Lake[11]
- Mississauga Lake
- Mississippi Lake
- Lake Mindemoya
- Minnitaki Lake
- Missisa Lake
- Mojikit Lake
- Mong Lake[12]
- Morrison Lake
- Mountain Lake
- Mozhabong Lake
- Mud Lake
- Muldrew Lake
- Lake Muskoka
- Muskrat Lake
N
- Nameless Lake (Sudbury District)
- Net Lake
- Nettleton Lake
- Nicholls Lake
- Night Hawk Lake
- Lake Nipigon
- Lake Nipissing
- North Caribou Lake
- Lake Nosbonsing
- Nungesser Lake
- Nishin Lake
O
- Oak Lake
- Oba Lake - North
- Oba Lake - South
- Octopus Lake
- Odessa Lake
- Lake Ogoki
- Old Man's Lake
- Onaman Lake
- Onigam Lake
- Onion Lake
- Lake Ontario
- Opeongo Lake
- Opinicon Lake
- Otter Tail Lake
- Ottertooth Lake[13]
- Otty Lake
- Ozhiski Lake
P
- Packsack Lake[14]
- Lake Panache
- Paint Lake
- Pakeshkag Lake
- Papineau Lake
- Paudash Lake
- Peninsula Lake
- Perch Lake
- Pelican Lake
- Percy Lake
- Peters Lake (Sudbury District)
- Pierce Lake
- Pierre Lake
- Pike Lake
- Pigeon Lake
- Pog Lake
- Pokei Lake
- Pot Lake[15]
- Priamo Lake
- Professor's Lake
- Pumphouse Lake[16]
- Puslinch Lake
- Pine Lake[17]
R
- Rainbow Lake[18]
- Rainy Lake
- Lake Ramsey
- Rebecca Lake, multiple lakes
- Redbridge Lake[19]
- Red Cedar Lake
- Red Squirrel Lake
- Redstone Lake (Haliburton County)
- Redstone Lake (Sudbury District)
- Restoule Lake
- Rice Lake
- Ril Lake
- Riley Lake (Kenora District)
- Riley Lake (Muskoka)
- Rock Lake (Algonquin Park)
- Rock Lake (Kenora District)
- Lake Rosalind
- Lake Rosseau
- Round Lake
- Ruth Lake
S
- Saskatchewan Lake
- Sachigo Lake
- Saint Francis (Lac Saint-François)
- Salerno Lake
- Salmon Lake
- Sand Lake, numerous lakes by this name
- Sand Pits Lake
- Sandy Lake (Algoma District)
- Sandy Lake
- Savant Lake
- Sawyer lake
- Lake Scugog
- Seseganaga Lake
- Lac Seul
- Severn Lake
- Seymour Lake (disambiguation), several lakes by this name
- Sharbot Lake
- Shibogama Lake
- Shoal Lake
- Shutze Lake
- Lake Simcoe
- Six Mile Lake
- Skeleton Lake
- Skootamatta Lake
- Smoothrock Lake
- Snider Lake
- Soap Lake
- South Summit Lake
- Sparrow Lake
- Spotter Lake
- Spring Lake
- Steel Lake (Ontario)
- Steve Lake[20]
- Stoco Lake
- Lake St. Clair
- St. Joe Lake
- Lake St. Joseph
- Lake St. Peter
- Stony Lake
- Sturgeon Lake
- Sunfish Lake
- Lake Superior
- Sydenham Lake
- Syrette Lake
T
- Talon Lake
- Tangamong Lake
- Lake Temagami
- Tetapaga Lake
- Tetu Lake
- The Third Lake
- Thirty Island Lake
- Lake Timiskaming
- Triangle Lake (Ontario)
- Trout Lake (Algoma District)[21]
- Trout Lake (Nipissing District)
- Tunnel Lake
- Turtle Lake
- Twelve Mile Lake (Ontario)
- Twin Narrows Lake[22]
- Twoline Lake[23]
U
- Ulster Lake (Kenora District)
- Upper Algocen Lake[24]
- Upper Beverley Lake
- Upper Nishin Lake
- Upper Redwater Lake
- Upper Rideau Lake
- Umfreville Lake
W
- Wabatongushi Lake
- Wabigoon Lake
- Wahwashkesh Lake
- Wanapitei Lake
- Wapikopa Lake
- Wawa Lake
- Weagamow Lake
- West Shining Tree Lake
- Whiddon Lake
- White Lake
- Whiteclay Lake
- White Otter Lake
- Whitewater Lake
- Widdifield Lake[25]
- Windermere Lake
- Wintering Lake
- Windigo Lake
- Windy Lake
- Winisk Lake
- Wolfe Lake
- Lake Wolsey
- Wood Lake
- Wunnummin Lake
Y
- Yorkend Lake
Z
References
- ^ Water Geography information.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Great Lakes Factsheet No. 1". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "World Lake Database (Lakes in Canada)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ "24 Mile Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Place names - Jeff Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Jules Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Little Moose Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Little Sucker Lake".
- ^ "Place names - McLaren Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Mirror Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Mong Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Ottertooth Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Packsack Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Pot Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Pumphouse Lake".
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Pine Lake". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ "Place names - Rainbow Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Redbridge Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Steve Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Trout Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Twin Narrows Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Twoline Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Upper Algocen Lake".
- ^ "Place names - Widdifield Lake".
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