Lake Couchiching

Lake Couchiching

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Couchiching
image_lake = Simcoe 79.40W 44.47N.png caption_lake = Lake Couchiching is the small teardrop-shaped lake just north of Lake Simcoe.
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location = Ontario, Canada
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basin_countries = Canada
length = 16 km
width = 5 km
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depth = 6 m
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Lake Couchiching, from the Ojibwe "goojijiing" meaning "Inlet", is a small lake in southern Ontario separated from Lake Simcoe by a narrow channel. The Trent-Severn Waterway enters Lake Simcoe by the Talbot River and exits this lake by the Severn River which empties into Georgian Bay. The lake is 16 km long, slightly less than 5 km wide and fairly shallow with an average depth of 6 metres.Fact|date=February 2007

The city of Orillia, Ontario is located on the narrow channel connecting this lake with Lake Simcoe.

Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching are popular spots for fishing in summer and ice fishing in winter.

Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot paid homage to the lake in the song "Couchiching".

The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs is located beside the lake.

External links

* [http://www.terraserver.com/imagery/image_gx.asp?cpx=-79.37243569578493&cpy=44.65883128908992&res=30&provider_id=340&t=pan&dat= Satellite view of Lake Couchiching and Orillia on the lower left]


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