Esnagi Lake is a large "V"-shaped lake in the Lake Superior

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...

 drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 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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. It is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) long and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 344 metres (1,129 ft), with the "V" on its side and the apex facing west. The primary inflows are the Magpie River

Magpie River (Ontario)

The Magpie River is a river in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada that empties into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa...

 from Mosambik Lake

Mosambik Lake (Ontario)

Mosambik Lake is a lake in the Lake Superior drainage basin in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of . The primary inflow is the Magpie River from North Wejinabikun Lake on the west side of the lake, and there are several unnamed creek inflows,...

 at the north end of the lake, Tripoli Creek

Tripoli Creek (Algoma District, Ontario)

Tripoli Creek is a creek in the Lake Superior drainage basin in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada.-Hydrology:The creek begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of , about north of Highway 17, travels north through a series of small lakes, and crosses the Canadian Pacific Railway...

 on the west side, and other unnamed creeks. The primary outflow is also the Magpie River, which flows downstream from the south end of the lake at the settlement of Swanson

Swanson, Ontario

Swanson is a settlement and unincorporated place in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the south end of Esnagi Lake on the Magpie River where the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line crosses the river, between the settlements of...

 where the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

transcontinental mainline crosses, and eventually into Lake Superior.