| Mahood Lake | |
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  Mahood Lake | |
| Location | South Cariboo, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 51°54′41″N 120°22′54″W / 51.91139°N 120.38167°W |
| Primary inflows | Canim River, Deception Creek |
| Primary outflows | Mahood River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| Surface area | 33.11 km2 (12.78 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 94.2 m (309 ft) |
| Max. depth | 208 m (682 ft) |
| Water volume | 3.12 km3 (0.75 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 47.9 km (29.8 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 630 m (2,070 ft) |
| Islands | 0 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Mahood Lake is a lake in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia in Wells Gray Provincial Park.[1] It is drained by the Mahood River, a tributary of the Clearwater River which has cut a deep canyon into Cambrian rocks and Pleistocene glacial moraines. Mahood Lake is fed by the short Canim River, which drains nearby Canim Lake to the west via Canim Falls and Mahood Falls.[2]
The lake is 630 metres in elevation, 208 metres deep at its deepest point, approximately 33.5 km² in area, 21 km (13.0 mi) in length (east to west) and a maximum of 2.2 km (1.4 mi) in width. Mount Mahood is immediately south of the lake and rises to 1,812 m (5,945 ft).
- ^ "Mahood Lake". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Neave, Roland (2023). Exploring Wells Gray Park, 7th edition. Wells Gray Tours, Kamloops, BC. ISBN 978-0-9681932-3-5.