Lake Newell

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Newell
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location = Alberta
coords = coord|display=inline,title|50.43978|-111.94193|type:waterbody_region:CA-AB
type = Reservoir
inflow =
outflow = Rolling Hills Lake, Bow River
catchment = convert|84.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
basin_countries = Canada
length = km to mi|14
width = km to mi|6.5
area = convert|66.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
depth = m to ft|4.8
max-depth = m to ft|19.8
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elevation = m to ft|665
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Lake Newell is a large lake in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located km to mi|14 south of the city of Brooks, east of Veteran Highway. The man-made reservoir was filled in 1914, through the construction of the Bassano Dam. It was named T.H. Newell, a landowner and irrigation expert.Cite web|url= http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Alberta-Lakes/view/?region=South%20Saskatchewan%20Region&basin=Bow%20River%20Basin&lake=Lake%20Newell&number=114 |title=Atlas of Alberta Lakes - Lake Newell|author=University of Alberta|authorlink=University of Alberta|accessdate=2008-03-13] Newell County is in turn named after the lake.

The lake covers a surface of km2 to mi2|66.4 and has a drainage basin of km2 to mi2|84.6. The shallow lake has an average depth of m to ft|4.8 and reaches a maximum depth of m to ft|19.8. It lies at an elevation of m to ft|665.

It empties into the Bow River after flowing through Rolling Hills Lake, an extension of the lake, filled when the dam was raised in 1939. Irrigation canals are built between the lake and the Bow River, as well as in the agricultural area north and east of the lake. Kinbrook Island Provincial Park was established in the eastern shore of the lake on November 14, 1951. [Cite web|url= http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteinformation.aspx?id=65|author=Alberta Community Development|title=Kinbrook Island Provincial Park|accessdate=2008-03-14]

ee also

*Lakes of Alberta

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