Redstone Lake is a
lake
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located in
geographic
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Guilford Township in the
Municipality of Dysart et al,
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
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,
Canada
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.
It is in the
Great Lakes Basin
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and is part of the
Gull River system. At its longest, it is approximately 6.5km (4 miles).
Hydrology
The primary inflow is the
Redstone River Redstone River may refer to the following rivers:
* Redstone River (Mackenzie), a tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, Canada
* Redstone River (Haliburton County, Ontario), flows from southern Algonquin Provincial Park to ...
at arriving via two channels at the northwest from Pelaw Lake and from Little Redstone Lake. A secondary inflow is Harburn Creek at the northeast. There are two primary outflows that are both controlled by dams and that both lead to the Gull River. The East Redstone River at the southeast leads to Eagle Lake further downstream, and the Redstone River at the southwest leads to Green Lake further downstream. The Gull River flows as part of the
Trent–Severn Waterway
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via the
Trent River to
Lake Ontario
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. Since the Gull River system flows to the summit of the waterway at
Balsam Lake, its tributaries including Redstone Lake serve as an important water flow control
reservoir
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Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
.
Economy
Residents of Bitter, Burdock, Little Redstone, Pelaw and Redstone Lakes are represented by the Redstone Lake Cottagers Association.
The
West Guilford/Redstone Lake Water Aerodrome is located at the northwest end of the lake.
See also
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List of lakes in Ontario
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Larger lake statistics
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References
Other map sources:
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Lakes of Haliburton County