Gillies Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Gillies Lake | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | image = Gillies Lake, Timmins, Ontario.jpg | alt = | caption = Gillies Lake in 2018 | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Timmins, Ontario, Canada | group = | coordinates = {{Coord|48|28|52|N|81|18|59|W|display=inline,title}} | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built = {{Start date|1986}} | engineer = | date-flooded =  | length = | width = | area = {{convert|212,000|m2}} | depth = {{convert|8|ft}} | max-depth = {{convert|19|ft}} | volume = {{convert|521,000|m3}} | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | elevation = | temperature_high = | temperature_low = | frozen = | islands = 0 | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = | pushpin_map = Ontario#Canada | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | website = | reference = <ref name="FBHKR">{{cite web | title = Gillies Lake | publisher = Natural Resources Canada | date = October 6, 2016 | url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FBHKR}}</ref> }}

'''Gillies Lake''' is a lake in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. It was developed by the Conservation Authority as part of its lake rejuvenation project in 1986.<ref name="GLCA">{{cite web |title=Gillies Lake Conservation Area |url=http://mrca.timmins.ca/recreation/conservation-areas/gillies-lake-conservation-area |accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref>

The lake features a {{convert|2.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} trail, picnic facilities, interpretive storyboards, public washrooms, a boardwalk, wireless hotspots, a recreation field, a beach, sports field, playground area, and a supervised swimming area with change rooms.<ref name="GLCA"/>

Before Timmins had been built up, the beach used to extend along the northwest shore, drawing hundreds of bathers on hot days <ref name="MyTimminsNow">{{cite web |title=Timmins history: Taxi drivers take a group swim, and how Gillies Beach came to be |url=https://www.mytimminsnow.com/57142/news/timmins-history-taxi-drivers-take-a-group-swim-and-how-gillies-beach-came-to-be/ |accessdate=8 August 2024}}</ref>

==See also== *List of lakes in Ontario

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Lakes of Cochrane District Category:Geography of Timmins