Sharbot Lake (Ontario)

Sharbot Lake is a lake in the municipality of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is part of the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin. The eponymous community of Sharbot Lake is located at the centre of the north shore of the lake.

Sharbot Lake
Sharbot Lake
Location in Southern Ontario
LocationFrontenac County, Ontario
Coordinates44°46′03″N 76°41′36″W[1]
TypeLake
Part ofSaint Lawrence River drainage basin
Primary outflowsFall River
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi)
Max. width5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Surface elevation195 metres (640 ft)[2]
SettlementsSharbot Lake

The primary outflow, at the northeast, is the Fall River, which flows via the Mississippi River and the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

Sharbot Lake Provincial Park is named for, and is partly on the northwest shore of, the lake, but mostly envelops the neighbouring Black Lake.[3] Ontario Highway 7 runs roughly along the northwest side of the lake, and the former Ontario Highway 38, now County Road 38, crosses the lake at the location of the community of Sharbot Lake. The same crossing point is used by the multi-use K&P Rail Trail (part of the Trans Canada Trail), formerly the rail bed of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway. Sharbot Lake is named after a First Nations Chief named Francis Chabot, who was Mohawk and his wife Algonquin.

Tributaries

Clockwise from the Fall River outflow

  • Sucker Harbour Creek
  • Sharbot Creek

See also
  • List of lakes in Ontario

References
  1. "Sharbot Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-08-08.
  3. Park Map (PDF) (Map). Ontario Parks. 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-08.

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