Lake Nipigon
| Lake Nipigon | |
|---|---|
View of the lake from Orient Bay | |
| Location | Ontario |
| Coordinates | 49°49′24″N 88°31′05″W / 49.82333°N 88.51806°W |
| Lake type | Glacial |
| Primary inflows | Gull, Wabinosh, Whitesand, Little Jackfish, Ombabika, Onaman, Namewaminikan rivers |
| Primary outflows | Nipigon River |
| Catchment area | 24,560 km2 (9,484 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 4,848 km2 (1,872 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 54.9 m (180 ft) |
| Max. depth | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Water volume | 266 km3 (64 cu mi; 216×106 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 1,044 km (649 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Islands | Caribou, Geikie, Katatota, Kelvin, Logan, Murchison, Murray, and Shakespeare islands |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Nipigon (/ˈnɪpɪɡɒn/ NIP-ih-gon; French: lac Nipigon; Ojibwe: Animbiigoo-zaaga'igan) is a freshwater lake in Northwestern Ontario. Part of the Great Lakes drainage basin, it drains through the Nipigon River into Lake Superior. It is the largest lake entirely within the Canadian province of Ontario.