Bob's Lake is a
lake
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in the
James Bay
James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
and
Abitibi River drainage basin
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s in the city of
Timmins,
Cochrane District in
northeastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
The lake is about long and wide, lies at an elevation of , and is located in the community of
Porcupine
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on
Ontario Highway 101. The primary inflow is an unnamed creek at the northeast, and the primary outflow is
Bob's Creek at the southwest, which flows to Porcupine Lake and via the Porcupine River and the
Frederick House River to the Abitibi River.
A second Bobs Lake in Cochrane District, with a similarly named primary outflow Bobs Creek, and which is also in the Abitibi River drainage basin, is
Bobs Lake (Shallow River)
Bobs Lake is a lake in the James Bay and Abitibi River drainage basins in Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The lake is about long and wide, lies at an elevation of , and is located about northeast of the community of Mont ...
(without the apostrophe) and is located to the northeast.
See also
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List of lakes in Ontario
References
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Lakes of Cochrane District
Geography of Timmins
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