{{Short description|Former lake in Labrador, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Michikamau Lake | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | alt = | caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Newfoundland and Labrador | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Labrador, Canada | coords = {{coord|54|11|00|N|63|59|57|W|scale:1000000_source:CGNDB|display=title,inline}} | type = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | elevation = | frozen = | islands = | sections = | islands_category = | trenches = | benches = | cities = | website = | reference = }} '''Michikamau Lake''', in Labrador, Canada, was absorbed into Smallwood Reservoir upon the completion of the Churchill Falls Generating Station in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michikamau Lake, Canada Tourist Information |url=https://www.touristlink.com/canada/michikamau-lake/overview.html |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.touristlink.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The lake makes up the largest part of the eastern section of the reservoir, while Lobstick Lake, also absorbed in Smallwood's creation, makes up the largest part of the western section. The lake is up to 84 meters deep.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Duthie |first=H. C. |last2=Ostrofsky |first2=M. L. |date=1974-06-01 |title=Plankton, Chemistry, and Physics of Lakes in the Churchill Falls Region of Labrador |url=http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/f74-125 |journal=Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |language=en |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=1105–1117 |doi=10.1139/f74-125 |issn=0015-296X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Reaching the lake was the goal of an expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, Dillon Wallace, and George Elson as described in Wallace's memoir, ''The Lure Of The Labrador Wild''.

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