Stony Lake is a
lake
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in the northern
Manitoba
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,
Canada
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.
It is formed at an elevation of , along the
North Seal River
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, which flows east into the Seal River, which in turn empties into the
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...
.
The community of
Tadoule Lake
Tadoule Lake ( chp, ᕞᐡ ᗀᐅᐟᕄ ᕤᐧᐁ, T’es he úli túé) is an isolated northern community in Manitoba reachable by plane, snowmobile, dog team sleds, and in winter by winter road. In 1973, the Sayisi Dene moved here to return to t ...
, located east of the southern arm of the lake, is the closest inhabited settlement.
Many islands raise from the lake, among them Moffatt Island, Seamen Island (largest) and Radcliffe Island.
Lakes of Manitoba
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