Michikamau Lake, in

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

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, was absorbed into Smallwood Reservoir upon the completion of the

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in 1974. The lake makes up the largest part of the eastern section of the reservoir, while

Lobstick Lake Lobstick Lake became part of the Smallwood Reservoir, along with Michikamau Lake, upon the damming of the Churchill River in western Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It forms the western section of the Smallwood Reservoir and lies ju ...

, also absorbed in Smallwood's creation, makes up the largest part of the western section. Reaching the lake was the goal of an expedition by

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, Dillon Wallace, and George Elson described in Wallace's memoir, ''The Lure Of The Labrador Wild''.

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