Fourcorner Lake
Map of Southern Ontario with location of Fourcorner Lake shown with a dot
Map of Southern Ontario with location of Fourcorner Lake shown with a dot
Fourcorner Lake
Location in Southern Ontario
LocationHaliburton County, Ontario
Coordinates45°09′36″N 78°16′44″W / 45.160°N 78.279°W / 45.160; -78.279
Typelake
Etymologyfrom its location at a quadripoint
Part ofOttawa River drainage basin
Primary outflowsFourcorner Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length1,750 metres (5,740 ft)[1]
Max. width1,040 metres (3,410 ft)[1]
Surface area99.73 hectares (246.4 acres)[2]
Surface elevation442 metres (1,450 ft)[3]

Fourcorner Lake (French: lac Fourcorner) is a lake in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County in Central Ontario, Canada.[4][1][2][5][6] It is partly within Algonquin Provincial Park and is in the Ottawa River drainage basin. The lake takes its name from its location at a quadripoint, the junction point of four geographic townships: Harburn at northwest, Bruton at the northeast, Harcourt at the southeast, and Dudley at the southwest.[4][1][2]

Geography

Fourcorner Lake has an area of 99.73 hectares (246.4 acres)[2] and lies at an elevation of 442 metres (1,450 ft).[3] It is 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) long and 1,050 metres (3,440 ft) wide.[1] The nearest named community is Kennaway, 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the east. The portion of the lake in geographic Bruton Township, that is the northeast portion, is the part of the lake that is within Algonquin Provincial Park.[1][2]

There two unnamed inflows: one at the southwest; and one at the north, arriving from the direction of Weepine Lake. The primary outflow, at the east end of the lake, is Fourcorner Creek. Fourcorner Creek flows via Benoir Lake, the York River and the Madawaska River to the Ottawa River.[4][1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  3. 1 2 "Google Earth". Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  4. 1 2 3 "Fourcorner Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  5. ↑ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  6. ↑ Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.