Camp Lake is a waterbody in western
Manitoba
Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
, Canada.
Description and history
Camp Lake is located in
Sherridon
Sherridon, Manitoba is an unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
History
Sherridon originated as the service centre for the nearby Sherritt International, Sherritt Gordon nickel mines. The mine closed in 1952, resulting in the equipment ...
, Manitoba adjacent to
Kississing Lake
Kississing Lake is a lake in western Manitoba, Canada, approximately northeast of Flin Flon. The Kississing River drains it northeast into Flatrock Lake on the Churchill River (Hudson Bay), Churchill River. The community of Sherridon is on its ea ...
.
[ ] A
weir
A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...
separates the two lakes.
Between 1931 and 1951, operators of the
Sherritt-Gordon Mine
Sherritt-Gordon Mine is a defunct zinc and copper mine in Sherridon, Manitoba, Canada.
Pollution from the mine contaminated Kississing Lake in what has been described as "one of the worst cases of acidic mine drainage in the world."
Workers sta ...
deposited 7.7 mega tons of
tailings
In mining, tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are different to overburden, which is the waste rock or other material that overlie ...
in close proximity to the lake.
The lake became polluted from contaminants in the tailings and the contamination of Camp Lake spread into Kississing Lake.
Remediation efforts started in 2009 and including moving mine tailings from Camp Lake into Kississing Lake in 2013 and 2015.
Water quality testing undertaken by the
Manitoba Metis Federation The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) a federally recognized Métis organization provincially incorporated in Manitoba, Canada, on 28 December 1967. Its current president is David Chartrand. In September of 2021, the MMF withdrew from the Métis Natio ...
in 2021 identified metal contamination in the lake.
See also
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List of lakes of Manitoba
This is an incomplete list of lakes of Manitoba, a province of Canada.
Larger lake statistics
The total area of a lake includes the area of islands. Lakes lying across provincial boundaries are listed in the province with the greater lake area.
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References
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Lakes of Manitoba