Haliburton Lake is a
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
in the municipality of
Dysart et al
The United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, commonly known as the Municipality of Dysart et al, is a municipality in Haliburton County in Central Ontario, Canada. Shows the area of the m ...
,
Haliburton County
Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County and the village of Haliburton are named after Th ...
in
Central Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
,
Canada
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It is situated west of the southern portion of Algonquin Park, between
Percy Lake
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, (29 June 1855 – 17 November 1940) served as a senior commander in the British and Indian Armies, and in the Canadian Militia. He served during World War I.
Military career
Lake was the son of Lt ...
to the east, and
Redstone Lake to the west. The lake lies at an elevation of ,
has an area of ,
and is in the
Great Lakes Basin
The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada, whose di ...
.
The primary inflow at the east and arriving from Percy Lake is the
Gull River. The Gull River is also the primary outflow, at the southwest and next to the community of Fort Irwin, via an unnamed channel to Oblong Lake.
The shores of the lake are inhabited by some permanent residents, Chancellor Ron Noad,but primarily by seasonal cottagers, some of whom are members of the Haliburton Lake Cottagers Association (HLCA).
See also
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List of lakes in 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
This is a list of lakes of Ontario with an ar ...
References
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External links
Haliburton Lake Cottagers' Association
Lakes of Haliburton County