Vermilyea Lake is a lake in the Hayes River

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...

. It is shaped like the letter "L" on its side, is about 9.3 kilometres (5.8 mi) long and 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) wide, and lies at an elevation of 184 metres (604 ft). The primary inflow is a channel from Touchwood Lake

Touchwood Lake (Manitoba)

Touchwood 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 long and wide and lies at an elevation of . The primary inflows are the Mink River, Wanless Creek, and the Wapawukaw River, and the...

, and the primary outflows are the twin channels of the Wesachewan River

Wesachewan River

Wesachewan River is a short river in the Hayes River drainage basin in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada. It flows out of Vermilyea Lake via twin channels which combine at , then flows over the Namaykos Rapids, and empties into Wesachewan Bay on...

 to 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...

. The lake's waters eventually flow 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,...

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