North Wabasca Lake

North Wabasca Lake
North Wabasca Lake
Location	Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, Alberta
Coordinates	56°02′51″N 113°55′39″W / 56.04750°N 113.92750°W / 56.04750; -113.92750
Type	Mesotrophic[1]
Primary inflows	Wabasca River, Willow River
Primary outflows	Wabasca River
Catchment area	3,819.42 km2 (1,474.69 sq mi)
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	21 km (13 mi)
Max. width	6 km (3.7 mi)
Surface area	101.45 km2 (39.17 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	5.8 m (19 ft)
Max. depth	17 m (56 ft)
Shore length1	55.69 km (34.60 mi)
Settlements	Wabasca, Wabasca 166B, Wabasca 166C
References	[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

North Wabasca Lake is located in northern Alberta, Canada, 322 km (200 mi) north of Edmonton and is the fifteenth largest lake in Alberta. The hamlet of Wabasca is located on the southeast shore of the lake, and along the path of the river flowing north from South Wabasca Lake. Two First Nations Reserves border the lake, Wabasca 166C in the northeast, and Wabasca 166B in the south.^[2]