# Arsenic Lake

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| caption            = View of Arsenic Lake from [Leckie Mine](/source/Leckie_Mine) on its eastern shore
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| location           = [Temagami](/source/Temagami), [Nipissing](/source/Nipissing_District), [Ontario](/source/Ontario)
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'''Arsenic Lake''' is a [lake](/source/lake) in the [Ottawa River drainage basin](/source/Ottawa_River_drainage_basin) in [Strathy Township](/source/Strathy_Township) of [Temagami](/source/Temagami), [Nipissing District](/source/Nipissing_District) in [Northeastern Ontario](/source/Northeastern_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada), located between the town of Temagami and [Temagami North](/source/Temagami_North) near [Highway 11](/source/Ontario_Highway_11). It is the only officially named Arsenic Lake in Canada.<ref>[http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v8/sima_name_v8?english Querying Geographical Names of Canada - Query by name] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917095909/http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v8/sima_name_v8?english |date=2008-09-17 }}</ref>

The primary outflow is an unnamed creek to [Net Lake](/source/Net_Lake), which flows via [Cassels Lake](/source/Cassels_Lake), [Rabbit Lake](/source/Rabbit_Lake_(Temagami)), the [Matabitchuan River](/source/Matabitchuan_River) and [Lake Timiskaming](/source/Lake_Timiskaming) into the Ottawa River.

==See also==
*[Lakes of Temagami](/source/Lakes_of_Temagami)

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite cgndb|id= FADVE|title= Arsenic Lake|accessdate= 2010-09-15}}
*{{cite web|title=Topographic Map sheet 31M4 |publisher=[Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada) |date=2010-02-04 |work=[Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada) |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map/ |accessdate=2011-02-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612000622/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map/ |archivedate=2010-06-12 }}

Category:Strathy Township
Category:Lakes of Temagami

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