Payuk Lake is a
glacial lake located southeast of
Bakers Narrows
Bakers Narrows, Manitoba, is a small residential community approximately southeast of Flin Flon on Lake Athapapuskow. There are five subdivisions located near the lakeshore with a total of approximately 150 cottages, many of which are permanent ...
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Manitoba
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, Canada.
The name ''Payuk'', which was officially registered in 1999, means 'one' in
Cree, as all of the fourteen lakes on
Mistik Creek
The Mistik Creek is a stream in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada, approximately northeast of Bakers Narrows.
''Mistik'' is a Cree word for 'Tree'.
Description
The remote creek flows through Churchill ...
are named in numeric order in Cree.
Description
Payuk Lake is oriented in a southwest to northeast direction. The primary
inlet is
Mistik Creek
The Mistik Creek is a stream in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada, approximately northeast of Bakers Narrows.
''Mistik'' is a Cree word for 'Tree'.
Description
The remote creek flows through Churchill ...
and it drains via Payuk Creek into
Lake Athapapuskow
Lake Athapapuskow is a glacial lake in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, (Saskatchewan entry) Canada, located southeast of Flin Flon, Manitoba. The lake is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin and is the source of the Goose River.
Description
Lake Ath ...
as part of the
Nelson River
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is , i ...
basin. The lake is surrounded by Precambrian
boreal forest
Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruc ...
, a mixed forest of coniferous and deciduous trees of the
Canadian Shield including
black spruce and
jack pine
Jack pine (''Pinus banksiana'') is an eastern North American pine. Its native range in Canada is east of the Rocky Mountains from the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories to Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, and the north-central and ...
.
There is a paved boat launch accessible from
Highway 10.
Payuk Lake is also a popular
game fishing
Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish pursued by recreational anglers, and can be freshwater or saltwater fish. Game fish can be eaten after being caught, or released after capture. Some game fish are also targeted commerciall ...
area, and its fish species include
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...
,
northern pike
The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a p ...
, and
white sucker
The white sucker (''Catostomus commersonii)'' is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but it is also found as far south as Georgia and as far west as New Mexico. The fish is common ...
.
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
External links
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Lakes of Northern Manitoba
Glacial lakes of Manitoba