Wabigoon Lake

Wabigoon Lake is a lake located in the Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The community of Dryden (pop 8,198) is located on the north shore of the lake, and the primary inflow and outflow is the Wabigoon River. A dam built to provide power for the early pulp and paper company raised the original level of the lake by several feet and its current average depth is 19.6 feet (6.0 m), destroying a significant amount of the local timber and wild rice in the process.

Wabigoon Lake
Wabigoon Lake
Location	Kenora District, northwestern Ontario
Coordinates	49°45′N 92°42′W
Type	reservoir, natural lake
Primary outflows	Wabigoon River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	20 mi (32 km)
Surface area	26,000 acres (41 sq mi; 110 km2)
Average depth	19.6 feet (6.0 m)
Max. depth	47.1 ft (14.4 m)
Shore length1	114 mi (183 km)
Surface elevation	1,083 ft (330 m)
Settlements	Dryden
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The name "Wabigoon" comes from the Ojibwe waabigon, "marigold", or waabi-miigwan, "white feather".^[1][2]

See also

• List of lakes in Ontario