Niyanun Lake is a glacial lake on the Mistik Creek chain in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada.
Niyanun Lake | |
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Location | Manitoba |
Coordinates | 54°43′20″N 101°23′26″W / 54.72222°N 101.39056°W |
Lake type | Glacial Lake |
Primary inflows | Mistik Creek |
Primary outflows | Mistik Creek |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) |
Max. width | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
Surface elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
Settlements | None |
It sits in the Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests which consist of mixed deciduous and coniferous trees.[1] The lake is also situated on the well known "Mistik Creek Loop", a remote canoe route 95 kilometres (59 mi) in length which can be paddled in four days.[2][3]
Niyanun means 'five' in Cree, as all of the fourteen lakes on Mistik Creek are named in numeric order in Cree.[1][4][5]
The lake contains northern pike.[6] The region around the lake consists of rocky parallel ridges with poorly drained areas of muskeg and irregular stony shorelines due to intense glaciation.[7]
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edit- ^ a b Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship (Summer 2012). Neso Lake Provincial Park Draft Management Plan (PDF). Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Schick, RoseAnna (21 June 2003). "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 18 May 2014.
- ^ Place-Names of Manitoba. Canadian Board on Geographical Names. 1933. p. 60.
- ^ Place-Names of Manitoba. Canadian Board on Geographical Names. 1933. p. 67.
- ^ "Master Angler Awards: Niyanun Lake". Travel Manitoba. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Lee, Eun (2000). "Temporal Distribution of Ectomycorrhizzal Fungi and Pollen" (PDF). Korean Journal of Ecology. 23 (2): 169–173. Retrieved 18 May 2014.