Ellis Lake is a
lake
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in
geographic
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Bompas Township,
Timiskaming District
Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from p ...
, in
northeastern Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
The lake is in the
James Bay
James Bay (, ; ) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. It borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is politically part of Nunavut. Its largest island is Akimiski Island.
Numerous waterways of the ...
drainage basin
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. The nearest community is
Sesekinika
Sesekinika is an unincorporated community in geographic Maisonville Township, in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The community is located along the Ontario Northland Railway
The Ontario ...
, to the east. The lake is about in diameter.
The primary inflow, at the south, is
Sarsfield Creek
Sarsfield Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a right tributary of Woollings Creek.
Course
The creek rises at Little Sarsfield Lake in geographic Bompas Towns ...
, arriving from
Little Sarsfield Lake. The primary outflow, at the north, is also Sarsfield Creek, which heads north to the adjacent
Gould Lake. Sarsfield Creek flows via
Meyers Lake,
Woollings Creek
Woollings Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a tributary of the Whiteclay River.
Course
The creek begins at Big Finlander Lake in geograph ...
, the
Whiteclay River
The Whiteclay River is a river in Cochrane District and Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Black River.
Course
The river begins at Swan Lake in geographic ...
, the
Black River, the
Abitibi River
The Abitibi River is a river in northeastern Ontario, Canada, which flows northwest from Lake Abitibi to join the Moose River which empties into James Bay. This river is long, and descends . It is the ninth longest river in Ontario, Behind th ...
and the
Moose River to James Bay.
See also
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List of lakes of Ontario
This is an incomplete list of lakes in Ontario, a province of Canada. There are over 250,000 lakes in Ontario, constituting around 20% of the world's fresh water supply.
Larger lake statistics
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References
Other map sources:
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Lakes of Timiskaming District