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Encyclopedia Britannica



LAKE OF THE WOODS

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 94 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KRO-LAP
LAKE OF THE WOODS , a lake in the
south
 -west of the province of
Ontario
 , Canada, bordering west on the province of
Manitoba
 , and
south
  on the state of Minnesota. It is of extremely irregular shape, and contains many islands. Its length is 70 m., breadth ro to 50 m., area 1500 sq. m. It lies in the centre of the Laurentian region between Lakes Winnipeg and Superior, and an area of 36,000 sq. m. drains to it. It collects the waters of many rivers, the
chief
  being
Rainy
  river from the
east
 , draining
Rainy
  Lake. By the Winnipeg river on the
north
 -
east
  it discharges into Lake Winnipeg. At its source Winnipeg river is 1057 ft. above the sea, and drops 347 ft. in its course of 165 m. The scenery both on and around the lake is exceedingly beautiful, and the islands are largely occupied by the summer residences of
city
  merchants. Kenora, a flourishing town at the source of the Winnipeg river, is the centre of the numerous lumbering and
mining
  enterprises of the vicinity.


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