Kakinagimak Lake

Kakinagimak Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It lies in low-relief forested terrain of the Canadian Shield. The climate is sub-arctic.

Location
Kakinagimak Lake is about 45 km north-west of Flin Flon, Manitoba, and 40 km east of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. The lake is 25 km long, following north-south geological structures, but is narrow like a river. The lake surface is about 330 m above sea level. There is a fishing cabin on the lake.

Terrain
The lake has an average depth of 60 to 80 ft and a maximum depth of 135 ft. It has 40 mi of shoreline. Granitoid ridges near the lake rise to about 410 m above sea level. Most of the region is underlain by granodiorite to tonalite gneisses, which are exposed on the shores of the central portion of the lake. Robbestad Lake, McArthur Lake and the northern part of Kakinagimak Lake drain northward into the Churchill River via the Nemei River. The southern part of Kakinagimak Lake drains south into the Wildnest-Sturgeon-Weir River System, then into the Saskatchewan River.

Environment
The lake is in the subarctic climate zone. The annual average temperature is -2 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 17 °C and the coldest is January, with -21 °C. The lake is surrounded by coniferous forest. The lake is home to northern pike, walleye, and lake trout. The water is clear.