Lake of the Woods

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border lake freshwater lake lake

Lake of the Woods is a large, island-dotted freshwater lake in northwestern Ontario that extends into Manitoba and Minnesota and is known for its fishing, boating, and scenic wilderness.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lake of the Woods basin	1
Lake of the Woods cross-border region	1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border lake ⓘ freshwater lake ⓘ lake ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
borderedBy	Manitoba ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
drainsInto	Lake Winnipeg ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 1,056 feet ⓘ about 322 metres ⓘ
governedBy	International Joint Commission ⓘ
hasAverageDepth	about 8 metres ⓘ
hasBorderType	international border ⓘ
hasClimate	continental climate ⓘ
hasFeature	Aulneau Peninsula ⓘ Big Island ⓘ Garden Island ⓘ Northwest Angle ⓘ Oak Island ⓘ numerous bays and inlets ⓘ
hasFishSpecies	crappie ⓘ lake trout ⓘ muskellunge ⓘ northern pike ⓘ smallmouth bass ⓘ walleye ⓘ yellow perch ⓘ
hasIndigenousPresence	First Nations communities ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ
hasInflow	Little Fork River ⓘ surface form: Big Fork River Kakagi Lake ⓘ Little Fork River ⓘ Muskeg River ⓘ Rainy Lake ⓘ Rainy River ⓘ Rapid River ⓘ Shoal Lake ⓘ Warroad River ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	about 64 metres ⓘ
hasNavigationHazard	numerous submerged rocks and reefs ⓘ
hasNearbyCity	Baudette, Minnesota ⓘ Kenora ⓘ surface form: Kenora, Ontario Warroad, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: Warroad, Minnesota
hasNearbyCommunity	Northwest Angle, Minnesota ⓘ
hasNumberOfIslands	over 14,000 ⓘ
hasOutflow	Winnipeg River ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguageRegion	English ⓘ
hasProtectedAreaOnShore	Beltrami Island State Forest ⓘ Franz Jevne State Park ⓘ Lake of the Woods Provincial Park ⓘ Zippel Bay State Park ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity	angling ⓘ camping ⓘ canoeing ⓘ sailing ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ
isPartOf	Canadian Shield ⓘ surface form: Canadian Shield region
knownFor	boating ⓘ cottage tourism ⓘ hunting ⓘ ice fishing ⓘ scenic wilderness ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ
locatedIn	Manitoba ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Northwestern Ontario ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedInWatershed	Nelson River watershed ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	North America ⓘ
partOf	Boreal forest region ⓘ
shorelineLength	over 15,500 miles ⓘ over 25,000 kilometres ⓘ
straddlesBorderBetween	United States and Canada ⓘ surface form: Canada and the United States
surfaceArea	about 1,485 square miles ⓘ about 3,850 square kilometres ⓘ
usedFor	boating transportation ⓘ commercial fishing (historically) ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ontario → bordersWaterBody → Lake of the Woods ⓘ

Northern Ontario → contains → Lake of the Woods ⓘ

Canada–United States border region → hasPart → Lake of the Woods ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake of the Woods cross-border region

Kenora → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake of the Woods ⓘ

International Joint Commission → operatesIn → Lake of the Woods ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake of the Woods basin