Fairbank Lake

Fairbank Lake
Fairbank Lake is located in Ontario
Fairbank Lake
Fairbank Lake
LocationOntario
Coordinates46°27′54″N 81°25′30″W / 46.465°N 81.425°W / 46.465; -81.425
TypeCrater by meteorite
Basin countriesCanada

Fairbank Lake is a lake in Northern Ontario, Canada, located within the Walden region of Greater Sudbury.[1]

Located in the Fairbanks and Trill townships, it lies off Regional Road 4 (Fairbank Lake Road), running north of Ontario Highway 17. It is 55 kilometres west of downtown Sudbury. The lake is 705.1 hectares in size with a shoreline perimeter of 28.2 kilometres and a maximum depth of 43 metres.[2]

The lake is home to Fairbank Provincial Park, a 105-hectare recreational-class provincial park.[3]

  1. ^ "Fairbank Lake". Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Fairbank Lake - Greater Sudbury". City of Greater Sudbury (Official Website). City of Greater Sudbury. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ^ Bob Vaillancourt, "Fire ban imposed at Fairbank". Sudbury Star, August 4, 2005.