Musketasonan Lake
Encyclopedia
Musketasonan Lake is a lake in the Hayes River
drainage basin
in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central
, Northern Region
, Manitoba
, Canada
. The lake is about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long and 1.6 kilometre (0.994196378639691 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 249 metres (817 ft). It is the source of the Bolton River
, whose waters eventually flow into Gods Lake
, and via the Gods River
and the Hayes River into Hudson Bay
.
Hayes River
The Hayes River is a river in Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada that flows from Molson Lake to Hudson Bay at York Factory. It was an historically important river in the development of Canada, and is today a Canadian Heritage River and the longest naturally flowing river in Manitoba.-Course: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 Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central
Division No. 22, Manitoba
Division No. 22, also informally known as Thompson-North Central, is a census division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.The division had a population of 38,421 in the Canada 2006 Census. The economic base of the area is mining, forestry, manufacturing, commercial fishing, trapping and...
, Northern Region
Northern Region, Manitoba
The Northern Region is a region in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is situated on the Canadian Shield and includes Manitoba's Hudson Bay coastline. The major economic activities are mining and tourism. The region is composed of four census divisions: 19 and 21–23...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The lake is about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long and 1.6 kilometre (0.994196378639691 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 249 metres (817 ft). It is the source of the Bolton River
Bolton River (Manitoba)
The Bolton River is a river in the Hayes River drainage basin in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada. It is about long and begins at Musketasonan Lake, about south of Molson Lake, at an elevation of...
, whose waters eventually flow into Gods Lake
Gods Lake
Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The lake covers an area of , making it the 7th largest lake in the province. It lies north of Island Lake at an elevation of , approximately east of Thompson, Manitoba. It has a perimeter of . The First Nations communities of Gods Lake, Gods...
, and via the Gods River
Gods River
Gods River is a remote, isolated settlement in Northern Manitoba, Canada and the location of the Manto Sipi Cree Nation First Nations community. The settlement is on Gods Lake at the point of outflow of the Gods River....
and the Hayes River into Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay , sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,...
.