Shadow Lake (Kawartha Lakes)

This article is about a lake in the Kawarthas. For the 1999 Canadian television movie, see Joy Tanner.
Shadow Lake
Map of Southern Ontario with location of Shadow Lake shown with a dot
Map of Southern Ontario with location of Shadow Lake shown with a dot
Shadow Lake
Location in Southern Ontario
LocationKawartha Lakes, Ontario
GroupKawartha Lakes
Coordinates44°43′10″N 78°47′37″W / 44.7194°N 78.7936°W / 44.7194; -78.7936[1]
Typelake
Part ofLake Ontario drainage basin
Primary inflowsGull River
Primary outflowsGull River
Basin countriesCanada
Surface area356.8 hectares (882 acres)[2]
Max. depth22 metres (72 ft)[3]
Residence time15 days[4]
Surface elevation259 metres (850 ft)[5]

Shadow Lake is a lake in the city of Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada.[1][2][6][7][8] With an area of 356.8 hectares (882 acres)[2] and an elevation of 259 metres (850 ft),[5] it is the second lake upstream of the mouth of the Gull River, and is in the Lake Ontario drainage basin.[2]

Geography

Shadow Lake has an area of 356.8 hectares (882 acres)[2] and lies at an elevation of 259 metres (850 ft).[5] The maximum depth of the lake is 22 metres (72 ft).[3]

The primary inflow is the Gull River, at the northwest and arriving from the community of Norland, which accounts for 98% of the 786-million-cubic-metre (27.8×10^9 cu ft) inflow into the lake. There are three unnamed secondary inflows.[2][3] The primary outflow, at the south, is also the Gull River, which flows south through two rapids, known locally as "the chute", to Silver Lake.[2][9] It continues to the mouth of the Gull River at Balsam Lake, and then via the main Kawartha Lakes chain, the Otonabee River and the Trent River to the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.[2][6]

Recreation

Boating is possible upstream to a dam at Norland; and downstream through Silver Lake to a dam at the community of Coboconk, though low and high water flow situations can make the latter passage hazardous.[9]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Shadow Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  3. ^ a b c Shadow Lake and Silver Lake Management Plan (2019), p 17.
  4. ^ Shadow Lake and Silver Lake Management Plan (2019), p 18.
  5. ^ a b c "Google Earth". Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  6. ^ a b "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  7. ^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  8. ^ Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  9. ^ a b Shadow Lake and Silver Lake Management Plan (2019), p 15.

Sources

Media related to Shadow Lake (Ontario) at Wikimedia Commons