Leo Lake (Manitoba)
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LocationManitoba
Primary inflowsnone
| Leo Lake | |
|---|---|
 Leo Lake looking west from the portage head to Flintoba Lake | |
  Leo Lake Location of the lake in Manitoba  Leo Lake Leo Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 54°47′24″N 101°33′34″W / 54.79000°N 101.55944°W |
| Lake type | Glacial Lake |
| Primary inflows | none |
| Primary outflows | Thompson Lake |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.5 km (0.31 mi) |
| Shore length1 | 2.31 km (1.44 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 314 m (1,030 ft) |
| Islands | 0 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Leo Lake is a small glacial lake approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows which drains into Thompson Lake. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of 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 poorly drained areas of muskeg.[1]
Name
The name was officially adopted in 1979.[2]