Lake of Bays (Ontario)

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Lake of Bays

Location	Ontario
Coordinates	45°14′25″N 79°02′55″W / 45.24020, -79.04858Coordinates: 45°14′25″N 79°02′55″W / 45.24020, -79.04858
Primary inflows	Oxtongue River
Primary outflows	South Branch Muskoka River
Basin countries	Canada
Surface elevation	315 meters (1,033 ft)
Islands	Bigwin Island

Lake of Bays is a large lake in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Muskoka District Municipality of central Ontario. Highway 35 runs north and east of the lake.

It was previously known as Baptiste Lake, Forked Lake and Lake of Two Bays. It was named Lake of Bays in 1853 by Alexander Murray of the Geological Survey of Canada.^[1] The Lake of Bays township is in named for the lake.

Port Cunnington is a community established on a peninsula reaching out deep inside the lake. Other settlements on the lake shore include Dwight, South Portage and Dorset.

1 Geographic features
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Geographic features

The lake is fed by Oxtongue River, as well as other rivers and creeks flowing from the north-east (Sixteen Mile Creek, Ten Mile Creek, Hollow River, St. Mary Creek). It lies at an elevation of 315 meters (1,033 ft).

Bigwin Island is the largest island in the lake; other islands include Burnt Island, Fairview Island, Langmaids Island, Pancake Island, Raynor Island, Rock Island, Haystack Island, Millichamp Island, Reuben Island and Crown Island. The irregular shape of the lake is defined by many bays such as Burnt Island Bay, Whitehouse Bay, Portage Bay, Haystack Bay, Ten Mile Bay, Dwight Bay and Trading Bay.