Bobs Lake is a
lake
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in the
James Bay
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and
Abitibi River drainage basin
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s in
Cochrane District in
northeastern
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,
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.
The lake is about long and wide, lies at an elevation of , and is located about northeast of the community of
Monteith
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on
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and just south of the Abitibi River. The primary outflow is
Bobs Creek at the southeast, which flows via the Shallow River and the
Black River to the Abitibi River.
A second Bobs Lake in Cochrane District, with a similarly named primary outflow Bob's Creek, and which is also in the Abitibi River drainage basin, is
Bob's Lake (Timmins) (with an apostrophe) and is located to the southwest.
See also
*
List of lakes in Ontario
References
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Lakes of Cochrane District
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