Murray Lake (Manitoba)

Murray Lake
Murray Lake from Thompson Creek
Location	Manitoba
Coordinates	54°45′30″N 101°35′39″W / 54.75833°N 101.59417°WCoordinates: 54°45′30″N 101°35′39″W / 54.75833°N 101.59417°W
Lake type	Glacial Lake
Primary inflows	Thompson Lake
Primary outflows	Lake Athapapuskow
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	1.9 km (1.2 mi)
Max. width	.5 km (0.31 mi)
Shore length^1	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Surface elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Islands	0
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Location of Murray Lake in Manitoba

Murray Lake is a glacial lake approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows which drains into Lake Athapapuskow. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. The lakes sits in Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is characterized by steeply sloping irregular rock ridges and poorly drained areas of muskeg.^[1]

The lake was named to honor a pair of brothers named Murray who prospected on the lake.^[2] The name was officially adopted in 1941^[3]

See also

• List of lakes of Manitoba

References

1. Smith, R.E. (1998). Terrestrial Ecozones, Ecoregions, and Ecodistricts of Manitoba (PDF). Winnipeg, Manitoba: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. p. 88. ISBN 0-662-27446-6.
2. Ham, Penny (1980). Place Names of Manitoba. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Modern Press. p. 88. ISBN 0888330677.
3. "Geographic Names Board of Canada". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 19 May 2014.