Lake Scugog | |
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Location | Durham Region & Kawartha Lakes, Ontario |
Group | Kawartha Lakes |
Coordinates | 44°11′00″N 78°51′26″W / 44.18333°N 78.85722°W[1] |
Type | Artificial, eutrophic |
Part of | Great Lakes Basin |
Primary inflows | Nonquon River, Blackstock Creek, Cawkers Creek |
Primary outflows | Scugog River |
Catchment area | 529 square kilometres (204 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Canada |
Surface area | 68 square kilometres (26 sq mi) |
Average depth | 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) |
Max. depth | 7.6 metres (24 ft 11 in) |
Water volume | 0.0957 cubic kilometres (0.0230 cu mi) |
Shore length1 | 172 kilometres (107 mi) |
Surface elevation | 249.9 metres (819 ft 11 in) |
Islands | Scugog Island |
Settlements | Port Perry, Lindsay |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Lake Scugog is an artificially flooded lake in Scugog, Regional Municipality of Durham and the unitary city of Kawartha Lakes in central Ontario, Canada.[1] It lies between the communities of Port Perry and Lindsay. The lake has been raised and lowered several times over its history. Though not technically part of the Kawartha lakes due to its shallow depths, it is often geographically linked to them. Its sole outflow, the Scugog River, connects to Sturgeon Lake. Lake Scugog is in the Great Lakes Basin and forms part of the Trent–Severn Waterway.