Bearskin Lake is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

in Kenora District in northwestern

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. It is in the

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

. The main inflow is the

Morrison River The Morrison River is a river in Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The river begins at an unnamed lake and flows northeast, then northwest, and then north to Bearskin Lake. It then he ...

at the south. Two other unnamed inflows are at the south (east of the Morrison River) and southeast. The major outflow, at the north, is also the Morrison River, which flows via

Sachigo Lake Sachigo Lake is a lake in Unorganized Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Sachigo River and is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The major inflows are the Sachigo River at the southwest and the Morrison River at ...

, the

Sachigo River The Sachigo River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is a tributary of the Severn River. Course The Sachigo River begins at Broadside Lake and flows northeast through Pasateko Lake ...

and the Severn River to Hudson Bay. The lake was the original home of the

Bearskin Lake First Nation Bearskin Lake First Nation ( ojs, ᒥᒋᑲᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation - Annual Report 2013-2014https://nanlegal.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nalsc-annual-report-2013-14.pdf/ref> is an Oji-Cree First Natio ...

until it moved to

Michikan Lake Michikan Lake is a lake in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The main inflow is an unnamed river at the west. A secondary inflow is an unnamed river at the north. The major outflow, at the ...

, to the northeast, in the 1930s.

References

Lakes of Kenora District {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub

See also

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