Alberts Lake (Manitoba)
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| Alberts Lake | |
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 Alberts Lake | |
  Alberts Lake Location of the lake in Manitoba  Alberts Lake Alberts Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 54°48′17″N 101°31′59″W / 54.80472°N 101.53306°W |
| Lake type | Glacial Lake |
| Primary inflows | none |
| Primary outflows | Thompson Lake |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 5.4 km (3.4 mi) |
| Max. width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Shore length1 | 26 km (16 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 301 m (988 ft) |
| Islands | 27 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Alberts Lake is a glacial lake approximately 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Bakers Narrows which drains into Thompson Lake. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Northern Manitoba, Canada.
The lakes sits in Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is characterized by steeply sloping irregular rock ridges and poorly drained areas of muskeg.[1] The lake contains burbot, lake whitefish, northern pike, walleye, and yellow perch.[2] The lake is part of the well-known Mistik Creek Canoe route, and has portages to Leo Lake in the south and Naosap Mud Lake to the north.[3]
