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Encyclopedia > Mazinaw Lake

Mazinaw Lake is a lake in the Addington Highlands north of Kaladar in Eastern Ontario. The lake is situated on the upper Mississippi River. It is 13 km long and averages a bit over 1 km in width. It averages 41 m in depth. It is divided into North and South sections of the lake by a narrows, North Mazinaw being the larger of the two sections. Addington Highlands is a township in central eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lennox and Addington. ... Kaladar is a community in Lennox and Addington County in eastern Ontario. ... Eastern Ontario is the region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies between the Ottawa and St. ... The Mississippi River from Highway 417 near Antrim. ...


Bon Echo Provincial Park presides over the central section of the lake, including the narrows between North and South Mazinaw, as well as Bon Echo Rock. Bon Echo Provincial Park is a Provincial Park in South Central Ontario north of Kaladar, Ontario. ...


A dam is located at the outflow of the lake to control water flow in the spring.


Mazinaw Lake, the second-deepest lake in Ontario, features over 260 native petroglyphs, or pictographs – the largest visible collection in Canada - including the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero, Nanabush. The lake's name means "painted images" in Algonquin, referring to the pictographs on Bon Echo Rock which overlooks the lake. The rock also contains a tribute to Walt Whitman, inscribed by Flora MacDonald Denison, who ran a tourist resort on the site of the provincial park during the 1910s. Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ... A culture hero is a historical or mythological hero who changes the world through invention or discovery. ... Nanabush, in Ojibwe mythology, was a magician, teacher and hunter. ... Algonquin (or Algonkin) is an Algonquian language closely related to Ojibwe. ... Cave, or rock, paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to pre-historic times. ... Walt Whitman Walter Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American Romantic poet. ... // Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ...


Coordinates: 44°55′N 77°12′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Mazinaw Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (149 words)
Mazinaw Lake is a lake in the Addington Highlands north of Kaladar in eastern Ontario.
The lake is situated on the upper Mississippi River.
The lake's name means "painted images" in Algonquin, referring to the pictographs on Bon Echo Rock which overlooks the lake.
Bon Echo Provincial Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (680 words)
The northeast shore of Mazinaw Lake features the massive 100 m high Mazinaw Rock, an escarpment rising out of the water with many native pictographs.
Due to the length and difficulty of the trail, it is not recommended for the ill-prepared (or overpacked) camper, nor the unfit or inexperienced day-hiker.
Several of the lakes on the Abes and Essens trail are stone-bottomed, hewn by glacial procession.
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