Marchington Lake (Ontario)
| Marchington Lake | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kenora District, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 50°11′17″N 91°24′24″W / 50.18806°N 91.40667°W |
| Primary inflows | Marchington River, Sturgeon River, North River |
| Primary outflows | Marchington River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 22.5 km (14.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| Surface area | 81 km2 (31 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 81 km (50.3 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 362 m (1,188 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Marchington Lake is a lake in the Hudson Bay drainage basin located near Sioux Lookout in the Kenora District of northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Derived its name from John Samuels son William Marchington. William, who was a Parliamentary writer and later editor of Canada's national newspaper the 'Globe & Mail'. William also wrote for a couple of English newspapers. William had a golfing buddy who was a Cartographer, and as such he asked to use William's surname to name areas in the 'back country' of Ontario.