Here are the 18 lakes we have listed within Canada - sorted A-Z. Suggest a new lake.
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Bras d'Or Lake
(Nova Scotia) |
Also known as: Bras d'Or Lakes Bras d'Or Lake (or lakes as some people prefer) is a very large somewhat unique water body in central Cape Breton Island, part of Nova Scotia Province in Canada. The over 200,000 acre Lake is nestled between forested hills with many scenic coves and lovely hideaways for the boater. Little commercial ... |
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Great Bear Lake
(Northwest Territories) |
Great Bear Lake is located in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a natural lake, encircled by wilderness, and the largest completely in Canada. Great Bear Lake is on the Artic Circle and ice-covered eight months out of the year. With an area of over 7 million acres and more than 26 islands, ... |
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Great Slave Lake
(Northwest Territories) |
Great Slave Lake is the fifth-largest lake in North America and, following Great Bear Lake, is the second in size in Canada. A natural lake, it is located in south-central Northwest Territories (NWT) and is the tenth largest in the world. Great Slave Lake is just south of the Artic Circle and completely ... |
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Lake Champlain
(Quebec, New York, Vermont) |
Lake Champlain, straddling New York, Vermont, and Canada, is a natural freshwater lake seated about 100 feet above sea level. Briefly dubbed a Great Lake in 1998, Lake Champlain reaches a maximum depth of 400 feet, covers an impressive 435 square miles, stretches out over 100 miles in length, and boasts ...
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Lake Erie
(Ontario, Great Lakes, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio) |
Lake Erie, the 11th-largest lake in the world and one of the Great Lakes of North America, straddles the borders of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and the Canadian province of Ontario. The lake is named after the Native American tribe that inhabited its shores before being killed off by the ...
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Lake Huron
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan) |
A glacial lake of epic proportions, Lake Huron is the second largest of the five Great Lakes by surface area, boasting 23,010 square miles and an incredible 3,825-mile shoreline. The massive lake is the third largest of the Great Lakes by water volume, containing 850 cubic miles of fresh water within ...
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Lake Koocanusa
(British Columbia, Montana) |
Also known as: Koocanusa Lake, Koocanusa Reservoir In the far north of the United States, tucked into the northwestern end of Montana, is the long, narrow Lake Koocanusa. This lake is actually a man-made reservoir, created by the damming of the Kootenai (or, alternatively, Kootenay) River in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The dam that was built ... |
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Lake Louise
(Alberta) |
Snuggled into Banff National Park, Lake Louise is a small lake in Alberta, Canada framed by the Rocky Mountains. The lake's 200 acres may not seem impressive on paper, but the area's rich outdoor offerings have lured visitors to the lake for many years. Lake Louise is a glacial lake renowned for ...
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Lake Manitoba
(Manitoba) |
Lake Manitoba is located in central Manitoba about 45 miles northwest of the city of Winnipeg. It is one of the best fishing and outdoor natural lakes and the thirteenth largest in Canada. Lake Manitoba is 125 miles long and has a maximum width of 28 miles with an irregular shape. With an area of over ... |
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Lake Michigan-Huron
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron share the same elevation of 577 feet above sea level, and they are connected by the five-mile-wide Straits of Mackinac. Hydrologically, this makes the two a single lake that some designate as Lake Michigan-Huron. We list the combined entity here to acknowledge that some ... |
Note: For most lakes, some data are unknown or do not apply, so these comparisons may show fewer than 18 lakes.