Wabigoon Lake

Wabigoon Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Wabigoon Lake
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location = Northwestern Ontario
coords = coord|49|45|N|92|42|W|region:CA_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title
type = reservoir, natural lake
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outflow = Wabigoon River
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basin_countries = Canada
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depth = convert|19|ft|abbr=on|lk=on
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cities = Dryden

Wabigoon lake is located in Northwestern Ontario and is the headwater for the Wabigoon River. The community of Dryden (pop 8,198) is located on the north shore of the lake. A dam built to provide power for the early pulp and paper company raised the original level of the lake by several feet and its current mean depth is 19 ft.

The name "Wabigoon" comes from the Ojibwe "waabigon", "marigold", or "waabi-miigwan", "white feather". [ [http://geography.laurentian.ca/jrp/nots/native.htm Native Toponomy and History in Northern Ontario] , Retrieved 2007-03-18] [ [http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/ojibwe.html Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary] ]

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