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coal+lake+alberta Latitude and Longitude:

53°04′29″N 113°16′17″W / 53.07472°N 113.27139°W / 53.07472; -113.27139
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Coal Lake
Coal Lake is located in Alberta
Coal Lake
Coal Lake
Location County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 /
Leduc County, Alberta
Coordinates 53°04′29″N 113°16′17″W / 53.07472°N 113.27139°W / 53.07472; -113.27139
Primary inflows Pipestone Creek
Primary outflows Pipestone Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width0.66 km (0.41 mi)
Surface area10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Average depth3.5 m (11 ft)
Max. depth5.5 m (18 ft)
Surface elevation719 m (2,359 ft)
Settlements Wetaskiwin
References Atlas of Alberta

Coal Lake is a long, sinuous lake located approximately 60 km (37 mi) southeast of the city of Edmonton, just northeast of the city of Wetaskiwin. The lake is in one of the glacial meltwater channels (the North Saskatchewan River follows another) formed when the 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi) of Lake Edmonton, which existed for roughly 100 years at the end of the last ice age, breached its ice dam and drained within a few weeks. [1] [2] The entire meltwater channel starts east of Nisku, wandering southeast through minor depressions and the chain of Saunders Lake, Ord Lake, three small unnamed lakes, Coal Lake and Driedmeat Lake. [2]

Coal Lake starts east of Kavanagh, Alberta, and ends at a dam built 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Gwynne, Alberta. Since construction of the dam in 1972, Pipestone Creek flows through the southern end of Coal Lake, draining the lake into the Battle River, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of Coal Lake. [2]

Coal Lake was named in 1892 by J.D.A. Fitzpatrick, a Dominion Land Surveyor, for the coal beds present in many places along the northeast shore. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Larch Sanctuary: A Rich Geological History". Edmonton & Area Land Trust. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ^ a b c Crosby, J.M.; Bradford, M.E.; Mitchell, P.A.; Prepas, E.E.; McIntyre, L.G.; Hart Buckland-Nicks, L.; Hanson, J.M. (1990). Atlas of Alberta Lakes. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press. p. 457. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 35.

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coal+lake+alberta Latitude and Longitude:

53°04′29″N 113°16′17″W / 53.07472°N 113.27139°W / 53.07472; -113.27139
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coal Lake
Coal Lake is located in Alberta
Coal Lake
Coal Lake
Location County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 /
Leduc County, Alberta
Coordinates 53°04′29″N 113°16′17″W / 53.07472°N 113.27139°W / 53.07472; -113.27139
Primary inflows Pipestone Creek
Primary outflows Pipestone Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width0.66 km (0.41 mi)
Surface area10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Average depth3.5 m (11 ft)
Max. depth5.5 m (18 ft)
Surface elevation719 m (2,359 ft)
Settlements Wetaskiwin
References Atlas of Alberta

Coal Lake is a long, sinuous lake located approximately 60 km (37 mi) southeast of the city of Edmonton, just northeast of the city of Wetaskiwin. The lake is in one of the glacial meltwater channels (the North Saskatchewan River follows another) formed when the 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi) of Lake Edmonton, which existed for roughly 100 years at the end of the last ice age, breached its ice dam and drained within a few weeks. [1] [2] The entire meltwater channel starts east of Nisku, wandering southeast through minor depressions and the chain of Saunders Lake, Ord Lake, three small unnamed lakes, Coal Lake and Driedmeat Lake. [2]

Coal Lake starts east of Kavanagh, Alberta, and ends at a dam built 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Gwynne, Alberta. Since construction of the dam in 1972, Pipestone Creek flows through the southern end of Coal Lake, draining the lake into the Battle River, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of Coal Lake. [2]

Coal Lake was named in 1892 by J.D.A. Fitzpatrick, a Dominion Land Surveyor, for the coal beds present in many places along the northeast shore. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Larch Sanctuary: A Rich Geological History". Edmonton & Area Land Trust. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ^ a b c Crosby, J.M.; Bradford, M.E.; Mitchell, P.A.; Prepas, E.E.; McIntyre, L.G.; Hart Buckland-Nicks, L.; Hanson, J.M. (1990). Atlas of Alberta Lakes. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press. p. 457. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 35.

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