Granite cliffs surround parts of the lake. This area is also known as part of the Canadian Shield that was formed billions of years ago. Parts of the Whiteshell park have elaborate petroforms that were made by First Nation peoples, possibly over a thousand years ago. There are petroform shapes of turtles, snakes, humans and geometrical patterns, often found upon pink granite ridges that were shaped during the last ice age.
The lake has private cottages, public beaches, campgrounds and other tourism amenities, and extensive undeveloped shoreline, and is popular for boating, sailing, Wakeboarding and scuba diving. It is just north of the Trans-Canada Highway, and on the Trans Canada Trail, on the border of Manitoba and Ontario.
References
^Murray, L.; Papst, M. H.; Reist, J. D. (2003). "First Record of the Deepwater Sculpin, Myoxocephalus thompsonii, from George Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba". The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 117 (4): 642–644. doi:10.22621/cfn.v117i4.815. Retrieved 27 June 2022. The only other Manitoba lakes with known populations of Deepwater Sculpin are Lake Athapapuskow and West Hawk Lake.
^Stewart, Kenneth W.; Watkinson, Douglas A. (2004). Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN9780887556784.
STOP #5: West Hawk Lake Impact Crater (field trip note)
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west, hawk, lake, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 202. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources West Hawk Lake news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message West Hawk Lake is a impact crater lake on the Whiteshell River located in the Whiteshell Provincial Park in southeastern Manitoba Canada The circular shape of the main body of the lake is due to the submerged West Hawk crater caused by a meteor impact into an ancient rock bed composed of mostly granite At 115 metres 377 ft it is the deepest lake in Manitoba West Hawk LakeSatellite image Landsat West Hawk LakeLocationWhiteshell Provincial Park ManitobaCoordinates49 45 54 N 95 11 16 W 49 76500 N 95 18778 W 49 76500 95 18778 Coordinates 49 45 54 N 95 11 16 W 49 76500 N 95 18778 W 49 76500 95 18778TypeImpact crater lakePrimary inflowsnumerous small streams and underground springsPrimary outflowsWhiteshell RiverBasin countriesCanadaMax length4 5 km 2 8 mi Max width3 6 km 2 2 mi Surface area16 2 km2 6 3 sq mi Max depth115 m 377 ft Surface elevation329 m 1 079 ft Islands12WebsiteParks and protected spacesGranite cliffs surround parts of the lake This area is also known as part of the Canadian Shield that was formed billions of years ago Parts of the Whiteshell park have elaborate petroforms that were made by First Nation peoples possibly over a thousand years ago There are petroform shapes of turtles snakes humans and geometrical patterns often found upon pink granite ridges that were shaped during the last ice age A marine glacial relict the Deepwater sculpin is found in West Hawk Lake 1 2 The lake has private cottages public beaches campgrounds and other tourism amenities and extensive undeveloped shoreline and is popular for boating sailing Wakeboarding and scuba diving It is just north of the Trans Canada Highway and on the Trans Canada Trail on the border of Manitoba and Ontario References Edit Murray L Papst M H Reist J D 2003 First Record of the Deepwater Sculpin Myoxocephalus thompsonii from George Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park Manitoba The Canadian Field Naturalist 117 4 642 644 doi 10 22621 cfn v117i4 815 Retrieved 27 June 2022 The only other Manitoba lakes with known populations of Deepwater Sculpin are Lake Athapapuskow and West Hawk Lake Stewart Kenneth W Watkinson Douglas A 2004 Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba Winnipeg University of Manitoba Press ISBN 9780887556784 STOP 5 West Hawk Lake Impact Crater field trip note Archived linkExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Hawk Lake This Manitoba location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Hawk Lake amp oldid 1134536354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
