Canoe Lake is a lake in Algoma District

Algoma District, Ontario

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the community of Blind River

Blind River, Ontario

Population trend:* Population in 2006: 3780* Population in 2001: 3969* Population in 1996: 3152 * Population in 1991: 3355-Economy:Its main businesses are tourism, fishing, logging, and uranium refining....

. The lake is shaped like a compressed letter "Z" with the horizontal strokes of the "Z" aligned northwest to southeast. The more northerly arm of the lake is about 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) long and the southerly arm 3 kilometres (2 mi). The lake occupies a total envelope of about 6 kilometres (4 mi) by 1.6 kilometre (0.994196378639691 mi). The primary inflow and outflow is the Blind River

Blind River (Ontario)

The Blind River is a river in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada which empties into the North Channel of Lake Huron at the town of Blind River....

, which leads into Lake Huron

Lake Huron

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. The outflow point is a small hydroelectric dam

Hydroelectricity

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There is a second Canoe Lake in Algoma District further east, Canoe Lake (Lizard Creek)

Canoe Lake (Lizard Creek)

Canoe Lake is a lake in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada, about north of Serpent River. The lake is about long and wide, and the primary outflow is an unnamed creek that leads eventually to Lizard Creek, a tributary of the Serpent River, and thence into Lake Huron.There is a second Canoe Lake in...

, part of the Serpent River system.