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{{Short description|Lake in Nova Scotia}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Sheehan Lake | location = Williamswood, Halifax County | coordinates = {{coords|44|30|3|N|63|37|47|W}} | etymology = Family of early residents | basin_countries = Canada | length = {{convert|673.13|m|ft}} | width = {{convert|559.6|m|ft}} }}
'''Sheehan Lake''' is a glacial lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Centre |first=Nova Scotia Geomatics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuhVOMKpgNoC&dq=Sheehan+Lake&pg=PA67 |title=The Nova Scotia Atlas: Province of Nova Scotia |date=2006-06-16 |publisher=Formac Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-88780-707-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Natural Resources Canada |title=Place names - Sheehan Lake |url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=CBIIB |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=geonames.nrcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Canada |first=Geographic Board of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMEaAQAAMAAJ&dq=Sheehan+Lake&pg=RA6-PA68 |title=Annual Report of the Geographic Board of Canada |date=1899 |publisher=S.E. Dawson |language=en}}</ref> The lake was named after a family of early residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia/S - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Place-Names_of_the_Province_of_Nova_Scotia/S |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> It is {{Convert|16.86|km|mi}} from Halifax and {{Convert|100|km|mi}} from Truro.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Official e-Nav App EN |url=https://e-nav.ccg-gcc.evouala.com/application/run/950/embedded |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=e-nav.ccg-gcc.evouala.com}}</ref>
== Geography == Sheehan Lake is in the community of Williamswood. It is connected by Grand Lake and Grover Lake by a unnamed stream.<ref name=":0" /> The lake is measured {{Convert|673.13|m|ft}} in length, and {{Convert|559.6|m|ft}} in width.<ref name=":1" /> Near lakes include Ragged Lake, Little Trout Lake, Little Pond, and Burnt Hill Lake.
== Access == The lake is adjacent to Old Sambro Road, providing direct roadside visibility and access.<ref>{{Cite web |title=511 Nova Scotia |url=https://511.novascotia.ca/511.novascotia.ca |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=511.novascotia.ca |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* List of lakes of Nova Scotia * Nova Scotia Route 306 * Long Lake Provincial Park
== References == <references />
== External links ==
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/44.50111/-63.62984&layers=N OpenStreetMap - Sheehan Lake] * [https://www.geonames.org/6145687/sheehan-lake.html GeoNames - Sheehan Lake]
Category:Lakes of Nova Scotia