Shadow Lake is a lake in the city of
Kawartha Lakes
Kawartha Lakes (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 79,247) is a List of municipalities in Ontario , single-tier municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Though structured as a single-tier municipality, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typica ...
in
Central Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
With an area of
and an elevation of ,
it is the second lake upstream of the mouth of the
Gull River, and is in the
Lake Ontario
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drainage basin
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.
Geography
Shadow Lake has an area of
and lies at an elevation of .
The maximum depth of the lake is .
The primary inflow is the Gull River, at the northwest and arriving from the community of
Norland, which accounts for 98% of the inflow into the lake. There are three unnamed secondary inflows.
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.
[Shadow Lake and Silver Lake Management Plan (2019), p 15.] It continues to the mouth of the Gull River at
Balsam Lake, and then via the main
Kawartha Lakes
Kawartha Lakes (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 79,247) is a List of municipalities in Ontario , single-tier municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Though structured as a single-tier municipality, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typica ...
chain, the
Otonabee River
The Otonabee River is a river in Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada. The river flows from Katchewanooka Lake, at the north end of the community of Lakefield, through the city of Peterborough to Rice Lake. It is in the Great Lakes B ...
and the
Trent River to the
Bay of Quinte
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on
Lake Ontario
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.
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.
See also
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List of lakes in Ontario
References
Footnotes
Sources
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External links
{{City of Kawartha Lakes
Lakes of Kawartha Lakes