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Ellis Lake (Timiskaming District)

Coordinates: 48°11′05″N 80°21′06″W / 48.18472°N 80.35167°W / 48.18472; -80.35167
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Ellis Lake
Ellis Lake is located in Ontario
Ellis Lake
Ellis Lake
Location in Ontario
LocationBompas Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario
Coordinates48°11′05″N 80°21′06″W / 48.18472°N 80.35167°W / 48.18472; -80.35167
Part ofJames Bay drainage basin
Primary inflowsSarsfield Creek
Primary outflowsSarsfield Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Surface elevation339 metres (1,112 ft)[1]
References[2]

Ellis Lake is a lake in geographic Bompas Township,[3] Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2] The lake is in the James Bay drainage basin. The nearest community is Sesekinika, 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) to the east. The lake is about 500 metres (1,600 ft) in diameter.

The primary inflow, at the south, is Sarsfield Creek, arriving from Little Sarsfield Lake. The primary outflow, at the north, is also Sarsfield Creek, which heads north to the adjacent Gould Lake. Sarsfield Creek flows via Meyers Lake, Woollings Creek, the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.

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  1. ^ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-12-22.
  2. ^ a b "Ellis Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  3. ^ "Bompas" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-22.

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