Kakinagimak Lake
{{Short description|Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
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Kakinagimak Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It lies in low-relief forested terrain of the Canadian Shield. The climate is sub-arctic.
Location
Kakinagimak Lake is about {{convert|45|km}} north-west of Flin Flon, Manitoba, and {{convert|40|km}} east of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. The lake is {{convert|25|km}} long, following north-south geological structures, but is narrow like a river. The lake surface is about {{convert|330|m}} above sea level.{{sfn|Maxeiner|2007|p=1}} There is a fishing cabin on the lake.{{sfn|Kakinagimak Lake Outpost – Kississing Lodge}}
Terrain
The lake has an average depth of {{convert|60|to|80|ft}} and a maximum depth of {{convert|135|ft}}.
It has {{convert|40|mi}} of shoreline.{{sfn|Kakinagimak Lake Outpost – Kississing Lodge}}
Granitoid ridges near the lake rise to about {{convert|410|m}} above sea level.{{sfn|Maxeiner|2007|p=1}}
Most of the region is underlain by granodiorite to tonalite gneisses, which are exposed on the shores of the central portion of the lake.{{sfn|Maxeiner|2007|p=4}}
Robbestad Lake, McArthur Lake and the northern part of Kakinagimak Lake drain northward into the Churchill River via the Nemei River. The southern part of Kakinagimak Lake drains south into the Wildnest-Sturgeon-Weir River System, then into the Saskatchewan River.{{sfn|Pyke|1961|p=5}}
Environment
The lake is in the subarctic climate zone.{{sfn|Peel|Finlayson |McMahon|2007}} The annual average temperature is {{convert|-2|°C}}.
The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is {{convert|17|°C}} and the coldest is January, with {{convert|-21|°C}}.{{sfn|Dataset Index – NASA}} The lake is surrounded by coniferous forest.{{sfn|Land Cover Classification – NASA}} The lake is home to northern pike, walleye, and lake trout. The water is clear.{{sfn|Kakinagimak Lake Outpost – Kississing Lodge}}
See also
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References
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- {{citation
|ref={{harvid|Dataset Index – NASA}}
|title=Dataset Index
|publisher=NASA
|work=NASA Earth Observations Data
|url=https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php
|accessdate=30 January 2016
|archive-date=16 April 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416144155/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php
|url-status=dead
}}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|Kakinagimak Lake – Natural Resources}}
|title=Kakinagimak Lake |publisher=Natural Resources Canada
|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HADDO |accessdate=2018-06-25}}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|Kakinagimak Lake Outpost – Kississing Lodge}}
|title=Kakinagimak Lake Outpost |publisher=Kississing Lodge
|url=http://www.kississinglodge.com/img/maps/Kakinagmak.pdf |accessdate=2018-06-25}}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|Land Cover Classification – NASA}} |title=Land Cover Classification (1 year) |publisher=NASA |work=NASA Earth Observations Data |url=https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 |accessdate=30 January 2016 |archive-date=31 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831172833/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 |url-status=dead }}
- {{citation |chapter=Geology of the Kakinagimak Lake Area, Northwestern Flin Flon Domain (part of NTS 63M/01)
|last=Maxeiner |first=Ralf O. |title=Summary of Investigations 2002 |volume=2 |publisher=Saskatchewan Geological Survey |year=2007
|url=http://publications.gov.sk.ca/documents/310/88917-maxeineropt.pdf |accessdate=2018-06-25}}
- {{citation
|last1=Peel |first1=M C |last2=Finlayson |first2=B L |last3=McMahon |first3=T A |year=2007
|title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification |work=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11 | doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007|url=http://rcin.org.pl/Content/58779 |doi-access=free }}
- {{citation |url=http://publications.gov.sk.ca/documents/310/91320-Report-54_Geology_Of_The_Attitti_Lake_Area.pdf |accessdate=2018-06-24 |last=Pyke |first=M. W. |title=The Geology of the Attitti Lake Area (West Half) Saskatchewan |year=1961 |publisher=Saskatchewan Department of Mineral Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109215933/http://publications.gov.sk.ca/documents/310/91320-Report-54_Geology_Of_The_Attitti_Lake_Area.pdf |archive-date=2018-11-09 |url-status=dead }}
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