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| Kakinagimak Lake | |
|---|---|
  Kakinagimak Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Kakinagimak Lake Kakinagimak Lake (Canada) | |
 Kakinagimak Lake (centre-right) and surrounding lakes | |
| Location | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
| Coordinates | 55°12′00″N 102°17′01″W / 55.2001°N 102.2837°W |
| Type | Bifurcating lake |
| Part of |
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River sources | Canadian Shield |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 25 km (16 mi) |
Surface area | 1,835 ha (4,530 acres) |
Average depth | 18 to 25 m (59 to 82 ft) |
| Max. depth | 41 m (135 ft) |
Shore length1 | 156 km (97 mi) |
Surface elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Settlements | None |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Kakinagimak Lake[1] is a bifurcating lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The northern part of the lake drains north into the Churchill River drainage basin while the southern part drains into the Wildnest–Sturgeon-Weir River system. The Sturgeon-Weir River is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River. The lake lies in low-relief forested terrain of the Canadian Shield. The climate is sub-arctic.
Kakinagimak Lake is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-west of Flin Flon, Manitoba and 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. There is a fly-in fishing lodge on the lake.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Kakinagimak Lake is 25 kilometres (16 mi) long, following north-south geological structures, but is narrow like a river. The lake surface is about 330 metres (1,080 ft) above sea level.[4] It has an average depth of 18 to 25 metres (59 to 82 ft) and a maximum depth of 41 metres (135 ft) The shoreline measures about 156 kilometres (97 mi) long.
The northern part of Kakinagimak Lake drains northward into the Churchill River via Nemei Lake, Tocher Lake, and the Nemei River. The southern part of Kakinagimak Lake drains south into the Wildnest–Sturgeon-Weir River system, then into the Saskatchewan River.[5]
Granitoid ridges near the lake rise to about 410 metres (1,350 ft) above sea level.[4] Most of the region is underlain by granodiorite to tonalite gneisses, which are exposed on the shores of the central portion of the lake.[6]
Environment
[edit]The lake is in the subarctic climate zone.[7] The annual average temperature is −2 °C (28 °F). The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 17 °C (63 °F) and the coldest is January, with −21 °C (−6 °F). The lake is surrounded by coniferous forest.[8]
Fish species
[edit]Fish commonly found in Kakinagimak Lake include northern pike, walleye, cisco, lake whitefish, and lake trout.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Kakinagimak Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ↑ "Kakinagimak Lake Outpost" (PDF). Kississing Lodge. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ "Kississing Lodge & Outposts". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- 1 2 Maxeiner 2007, p. 1.
- ↑ Pyke 1961, p. 5.
- ↑ Maxeiner 2007, p. 4.
- ↑ Peel, Finlayson & McMahon 2007.
- ↑ Land Cover Classification – NASA.
- ↑ Siemens, Matthew. "Kakinagimak Lake". SaskLakes. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- "Land Cover Classification (1 year)", NASA Earth Observations Data, NASA, archived from the original on 31 August 2016, retrieved 30 January 2016
- Maxeiner, Ralf O. (2007), "Geology of the Kakinagimak Lake Area, Northwestern Flin Flon Domain (part of NTS 63M/01)", Summary of Investigations 2002 (PDF), vol. 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, retrieved 25 June 2018
- Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007), "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11, doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007
- Pyke, M. W. (1961), The Geology of the Attitti Lake Area (West Half) Saskatchewan (PDF), Saskatchewan Department of Mineral Resources, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2018, retrieved 24 June 2018