Balsam Lake (Ontario)
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Balsam Lake is a lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada.<ref name="CGNDB" /><ref name="CLAIMaps">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="OntarioRoadMap">Template:Cite map</ref><ref>Template:Cite map</ref> It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is one of the lakes of the Kawartha Lakes, and is at the summit of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
Geography
Balsam Lake is Template:Convert long and averages Template:Convert wide, though its actual width varies due to the many large bays that carve its shoreline; the total area is Template:Convert and the watershed area is Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The primary inflows are the Gull River at the north and the Staples River at the southwest.<ref name="CGNDB" /><ref name="CLAIMaps" />
The lake is the highest point of the Trent–Severn Waterway at Template:Convert; from here, the waterway descends to Georgian Bay in the northwest, and to Lake Ontario in the southeast.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is the highest point to which a vessel can be navigated from sea level in the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.
The main outflow, at the east, is the Rosedale River and Trent Canal leading to Cameron Lake.<ref name="CGNDB" /><ref name="CLAIMaps" />
The village of Coboconk is located on the north side of the lake.
Natural history
Balsam Lake Provincial Park<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Indian Point Provincial Park<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> are located on the north shore of the lake.<ref name="CLAIMaps" />
The lake offers excellent fishing for bass, walleye, and muskie. Mackenzie Bay in West Bay is a popular spot for boats to congregate on a warm summer day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Map images
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Map of Balsam Lakebb -
The Kawartha Lakes and the Trent Severn Waterway; Balsam Lake in the upper left quadrant
