Caddy Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Manitoba, Canada}}

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| location = Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba

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| type = glacial

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| part_of = Nelson River Drainage Basin

| inflow = Whiteshell River

| rivers = McGillivray Creek

| outflow = Whiteshell River

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| volume = {{cvt|.026|km3}}

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| shore = {{convert|16.04|km}}

| elevation = {{convert|316|m}}

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| islands = Boutilier Island

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Caddy Lake is a lake on the Whiteshell River in south-eastern Manitoba, Canada near the Manitoba–Ontario border.{{cite web |title=Place names - Caddy Lake |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GAEDB |website=www4.rncan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=29 December 2019}} McGillivray Creek drains into the lake on its west side.{{cite web |title=Place names - McGillivray Creek |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GAQQU |website=www4.rncan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=29 December 2019}} It is within Whiteshell Provincial Park{{cite web |title=Whiteshell Provincial Park |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/parks-protected-spaces/maps/whiteshell_map.pdf |publisher=Government of Manitoba |accessdate=29 December 2019}} near West Hawk Lake. The lake has a surface area of about {{convert|300|ha|acre}} and a maximum depth of {{convert|5.7|m|ft}}.{{cite web |title=Water Quality in Whiteshell Provincial Park |url=http://digitalcollection.gov.mb.ca/awweb/pdfopener?smd=1&did=11135&md=1 |publisher=Government of Manitoba |accessdate=29 December 2019}}

Fishing is a popular sport on the lake yielding master angler catches of northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass, white sucker, black crappie, rock bass, and yellow perch.{{cite web |title=Master Angler Record Book |url=https://anglers.travelmanitoba.com/master_angler_search.asp?angler_type=master_angler&angler_fname=&angler_lname=&angler_id=&award_id=&species_id=&lakeID=Caddy+Lake&fmon=&fday=&fyear=&tmon=&tday=&tyear=&method=&groupby=species&sortby=length&view=list&report=advanced&advanced=1&d=search#results |website=anglers.travelmanitoba.com |publisher=Travel Manitoba |accessdate=29 December 2019 |language=en}}

The lake was named in 1925 after J.S. Caddy, a CPR construction engineer.

The main CPR line passes to the north of the lake. A tunnel underneath the line was created to restore the drainage of the lake north into South Cross Lake blocked by the construction of the railway. This tunnel and another between North Cross and South Cross Lake under the CN rail line are popular tourist destinations.{{cite book |last1=Kives |first1=Bartley |title=A daytripper's guide to Manitoba : exploring Canada's undiscovered province |date=2006 |publisher=Great Plains Publications |location=Winnipeg |isbn=1894283643 |page=126}}{{cite web |title=Caddy Lake |url=http://www.wildharmony.ca/Caddy_Lake.html |website=Wild Harmony Canoe Adventures |accessdate=29 December 2019}}

The province operates seasonal Caddy Lake Campground on the western side of the lake. Several cottage subdivisions surround the lake.{{cite web |title=Whiteshell Provincial Park subdivisions, West Hawk, Caddy, Star and Hunt Lakes |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/parks-protected-spaces/maps/whiteshell/west_hawk_caddy_star_sub.pdf |publisher=Government of Manitoba |accessdate=29 December 2019}}

Green Bay is located at 49° 48′ 42″ N, 95° 11′ 45″ W on the southeast quadrant of the lake.{{cite web |title=Place names - Green Bay |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GAJVE |website=www4.rncan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada}} Green Bay Resort and Campground are located on the east shore of Caddy Lake. Caddy Lake Girl Guide Camp, founded in 1949{{cite web |title=Camp History |url=https://www.caddylakecamp.com/camp-history.html |website=Caddy Lake Girl Guide Camp |publisher=Girl Guides of Canada - Guides du Canada |accessdate=29 December 2019 |language=en}} is located on the north side of Green Bay.

Boutilier Island is located at 49° 48′ 59″ N, 95° 12′ 54″ W in the northern half of the lake.{{cite web |title=Place names - Boutilier Island |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GBGUX |website=www4.rncan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=29 December 2019}} It was named in 1985 after David Ainslie Boutilier, a former RCMP officer and owner of Green Bay Resort.{{cite web |title=Geographical Names of Manitoba |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/forest_lands/cdgnm.pdf |publisher=Government of Manitoba |accessdate=28 December 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Hulgaard |first1=William Joseph |last2=White |first2=John Wesley |title=Honoured in places : remembered mounties across Canada |date=2002 |publisher=Heritage House |isbn=1894384393 |page=24 |edition=1st}}