Jack Lake (Peterborough County)
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Jack Lake is a lake and reservoir in the municipalities of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen and North Kawartha, Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada, about 100 mi (160 km) directly northeast of Toronto and at the edge of the Canadian Shield in the northeastern portion of the Kawartha lakes region.[1][2][3][4][5] The lake is in the Great Lakes Basin, and serves as a small headwater pond for the Trent-Severn Waterway.[6] The Dispersed rural community of Jack Lake is on the northwest shore of the lake,[7] reached by Peterborough County Road 52 / Jack Lake Road from the community of Apsley, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the north on Ontario Highway 28.
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Location | Peterborough County, Ontario |
Coordinates | 44°41′41″N 78°02′08″W[1] |
Part of | Great Lakes Basin |
Primary outflows | Jack Creek |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) |
Max. width | 6.1 km (0 mi) |
Surface elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
Settlements | Jack Lake |
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