Gods Lake

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

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Gods Lake

| image =

| caption =

| pushpin_map = Manitoba#Canada

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manitoba

| image_bathymetry =

| caption_bathymetry =

| location = Northeastern Manitoba

| coords = {{coord|54|40|26|N|94|14|48|W|region:CA-MB_type:waterbody_scale:1000000|notes= {{cite cgndb|id= GAJJF|title= Gods Lake|accessdate= 2011-03-01}}|display=inline,title}}

| type =

| part_of = Hudson Bay drainage basin

| inflow = Wesachewan River

| outflow = Gods River

| catchment = {{convert|20000|km2|abbr=on}}

| basin_countries = Canada

| length = {{convert|74|km|abbr=on}}

| width =

| area = {{convert|1061|km²|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}

| depth ={{convert|13.2|m|abbr=on}}

| max-depth = {{convert|75.3|m|abbr=on}}

| residence_time = 2.68

| shore = {{convert|474|km|abbr=on}}

| elevation = {{convert|180|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url= https://earth.google.com/web/|title= Google Earth|access-date= 2020-11-04}}

| islands = Elk Island and many smaller islands

| cities = Gods Lake, Gods Lake Narrows, Gods River

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Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada.{{cite web|url= http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html |title= Toporama (on-line map and search)|work= Atlas of Canada|date= 12 September 2016|publisher= Natural Resources Canada|access-date= 2020-11-04}}{{cite web| url=http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm|title=Google Maps Distance Calculator| accessdate=2015-01-07}}{{cite web|title= World Lake Database (Gods Lake) |url= http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/LakeDB2/?RoutePrm=0%3A%3B6%3Aload%3B8%3Aload%3B& |accessdate= 2014-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210230108/http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/LakeDB2/?RoutePrm=0%3A%3B6%3Aload%3B8%3Aload%3B& |archivedate= February 10, 2015 |df=mdy }} The lake covers an area of {{convert|1151|km2|sqmi|0}} with a net (water surface) area of {{convert|1061|km2|sqmi|0}}, making it the 7th largest lake in the province.{{cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html#manitoba |title=Manitoba – Lake Areas and Elevation (lakes larger than 400 square kilometres) |accessdate=2008-11-24 |work=The Atlas of Canada – Lakes |publisher=Natural Resources Canada |date=2008-06-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108024149/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html#manitoba |archivedate=November 8, 2008 |df=mdy }} It lies north of Island Lake at an elevation of {{convert|178|m|ft|0}}, approximately {{convert|280|km|mi|0}} east of Thompson, Manitoba. It has a shore length of {{convert|474|km|mi}}. It drains north via the Gods River and the Hayes River to Hudson Bay.

The area was featured in season 7 of the reality television series Ice Road Truckers. Richard Wagamese writes about Gods Lake in chapter 5 of Indian Horse.