Little Limestone Lake is a lake located in
Little Limestone Lake Provincial Park
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in northern
Manitoba
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, Canada, about north of
Winnipeg
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, and north of the town of
Grand Rapids, Manitoba
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. It is located in the Little Limestone Lake Park Reserve, an example of
karst
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geology, in the Manitoba Lowlands. The eastern shore is within the traditional territory of the
Mosakahiken Cree Nation
The Mosakahiken Cree Nation (Cree: ᒨᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ môsâkahikan)Ogg, Arden (August 19 2015)
Cree Names of Cree-speaking Communities across CanadLink/ref> is a First Nations located around the community of Moose Lake in northern Manitoba.
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[ Little Limestone Lake Park Reserve is an IUCN (World Conservation Union) protected area. It was designated mainly for conservation of a specific natural feature of outstanding or unique value.][
The lake is considered to be the largest and most outstanding example of a ]marl lake
A marl lake is a type of alkaline lake whose bottom sediments include large deposits of marl, a mixture of clay and carbonate minerals. The term is particularly applied to lakes that have been dredged or mined for marl, often for manufacturing P ...
in the world.[ It is a turquoise body of water that changes colour as calcite in the water dissolves or precipitates depending on temperature. When the water is warm, calcite comes out of the solution and forms microscopic crystals, which give the water its milky white colour.][ The source of the calcite is underground water, which flow into the lake in significant quantity.][
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See also
* 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
External links
Little Limestone Lake Park Reserve
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Lakes of Manitoba