Summit Lake is a
lake
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in
Unorganized Thunder Bay District
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Most of the district (93.5%) is uni ...
in
Northwestern Ontario
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,
Canada
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, about northwest of the community of
Nakina, and northeast of the
Auden and
Ombabika stops on the
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
transcontinental
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mainline.
Hydrology
Summit Lake is about long and wide, and lies at an elevation of . The mouth of the Gripp River is at the southeast corner, and there are four unnamed creeks as secondary inflows. The primary outflows are the
Ombabika River, at the southwest corner, and the
Powitik River, at the north end of the lake; Summit Lake is the source for both. The former river flows into
Lake Nipigon
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Ety ...
and via the
Nipigon River into
Lake Superior
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. The latter flows via the
Kapikotongwa River,
Little Current River,
Kenogami River
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and
Albany River
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to James Bay. Thus, the lake is in both the Albany River system in the James Bay
drainage basin
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, and the Nipigon River system in the Lake Superior (
Great Lakes Basin
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) drainage basin.
References
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Lakes of Thunder Bay District
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