Surveyor Lake is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Nipissing District,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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, about southwest of the community of
Temagami.
The lake is in the
Lake Huron
Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrology, Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Strait ...
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
, is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of . The primary inflow, at the north of the lake, is the
Temagami River from
Cross Lake. Secondary inflows include three unnamed creeks, one at the east, one at the west, and one from the direction of Smith Lake at the northeast. The primary outflow, at the south and controlled by the Cross Lake Dam, is the Temagami River towards
Red Cedar Lake.
See also
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List of lakes in Ontario
References
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Lakes of Nipissing District
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