Naosap Mud Lake
Naosap Mud Lake is a small glacial lake approximately 22 km (14 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows which drains into Naosap Lake. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada.
| Naosap Mud Lake | |
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 Naosap Mud Lake | |
  Naosap Mud Lake | |
| Location | Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 54°50′57″N 101°29′33″W |
| Lake type | Glacial Lake |
| Primary inflows | none |
| Primary outflows | Naosap Lake |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) |
| Max. width | .7 km (0.43 mi) |
| Shore length1 | 4.7 km (2.9 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 332 m (1,089 ft) |
| Islands | 0 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The name was officially adopted in 1979; Naosap is a Cree word meaning 'fourteen'.[1]
Description
The lakes sits in Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is poorly drained areas of muskeg.[2]
Canoe Route
Nasoap Mud Lake is part of the "Mistik Creek Loop", a well-known remote canoe trip which is 95 km (59 mi) in total length and can be paddled in four days.[3] The route begins and ends at Bakers Narrows and from Naosap Mud Lake there are portages east to Naosap Lake and south to Alberts Lake.[4]
See also
References
- "Geographic Names Board of Canada". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- Smith, R.E. (1998). Terrestrial Ecozones, Ecoregions, and Ecodistricts of Manitoba (PDF). Winnipeg, Manitoba: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. p. 88. ISBN 0-662-27446-6.
- Schick, RoseAnna (2003-06-21). "Live the song of the paddles". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- Berard, Real (1968). Mistik Creek Canoe Route. Manitoba Dept. of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.