McKenzie Lake (french: lac McKenzie) is a
lake in
South Algonquin,
Nipissing District and
Hastings Highlands,
Hastings County in
Ontario,
Canada.
It is in the
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, is part of the
Madawaska River river system, and lies about south of the community of
Madawaska and a similar distance north of the small town of
Maynooth. The settlement of
McKenzie Lake
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is on the north shore of the lake.
The primary inflow is
Moore Creek at the east, arriving from the direction of
Cross Lake, with another unnamed inflow at the northwest; there are several other secondary unnamed inflows, including one at the south arriving from North Chainy Lake and another arriving at the northeast from Turf Lake. The primary outflow, at the northern tip of the lake, is also Moore Creek, which heads north towards
Moore Lake, and then flows via the
Madawaska River and the
Ottawa River
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to the
Saint Lawrence River.
McKenzie Lake is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of . It is roughly L-shaped, with the long axis running south-southwest to north-northeast, and the smaller extension running to about to the south off the western end. The lake is almost entirely in South Algonquin, Nipissing District, except for the southwestern tip, which is in Hastings Highlands, Hastings County, and thus straddles the traditional boundary between northern and southern Ontario, more specifically Nipissing District in
Northeastern Ontario and Hastings County in
Central Ontario.
The shore of the southwestern tip of the lake is part of
Lake St. Peter Provincial Park, but none of the lake itself.
See also
*
List of lakes in Ontario
References
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Lakes of Hastings County
Lakes of Nipissing District