Canoe Lake is a lake in geographic Scarfe Township in Algoma District,

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, about north of the community of Blind River. The lake is shaped like a compressed letter "Z" with the horizontal strokes of the "Z" aligned northwest to southeast. The more northerly arm of the lake is about long and the southerly arm . The lake occupies a total envelope of about by . The primary inflow and outflow is the Blind River, which leads into

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. The outflow point is a small

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. There is a second Canoe Lake in Algoma District further east,

Canoe Lake (The North Shore) Canoe Lake is a lake in the Township of The North Shore in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada, about north of Serpent River. The lake is about long and wide, and the primary outflow is an unnamed creek that leads eventually to Lizard Creek, a ...

, part of the

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system.

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* Lakes of Algoma District {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub

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