Loughborough Lake

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Loughborough Lake
Loughborough Lake.jpg
The lake at sunset
Loughborough Lake is located in Southern Ontario
Loughborough Lake
Loughborough Lake
Location in southern Ontario
Coordinates44°26′50″N 76°24′41″W / 44.44722°N 76.41139°W / 44.44722; -76.41139[1]Coordinates: 44°26′50″N 76°24′41″W / 44.44722°N 76.41139°W / 44.44722; -76.41139[1]
Part ofGreat Lakes Basin
Primary outflows
  • Loughborough Lake Creek
  • Milburn Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length24 kilometres (15 mi)
Surface area18.90 square kilometres (7.30 sq mi)[2]
Average depth7.55 metres (24 ft 9 in)[2]
Max. depth38.4 metres (126 ft 0 in)[2]
Water volume13.2×106 cubic metres (4.7×108 cu ft)[2]
Surface elevation124.625 metres (409 ft)[3]
IslandsBig Is, Griffiths Is, Horseshoe Is, Loon Is, Plumb Is, Whitefish Is
SettlementsBattersea

Loughborough Lake is a lake in Eastern Ontario, Canada.[1][2] The lake is mostly in the municipality of South Frontenac, Frontenac County, except for the southern tip which is in and on the northern border of the separated city of Kingston,[4][5] and is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the town centre of Kingston.

Loughborough Lake is in the Great Lakes Basin, is 24 kilometres (15 mi) long and 18.90 square kilometres (7.30 sq mi) in area,[2] with many small islands, and has 119 kilometres (74 mi) of shoreline.[2]

Loon Island in the centre of the lake is privately owned by actor Dan Aykroyd.[6]

See also[]

  • List of lakes in Ontario

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Loughborough Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Loughborough Lake - Fact Sheet 2017" (PDF). Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority. 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  3. ^ "Water levels". Cataraqui River Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  4. ^ "Water Control Structures" (PDF). Cataraqui River Conservation Authority. 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  5. ^ "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  6. ^ "Our Country: Dan Aykroyd", Canadian Geographic, July/August 2019
  • Marleau, Jason (2014). Eastern Ontario Fishing Mapbook: Zone 17: Kawarthas, Zone 18 & 20: Eastern (4th ed.). Backroad Mapbooks/Mussio Ventures; Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. ISBN 978-1-897225-78-3.

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