Nao Lake is a glacial lake on the Mistik Creek chain in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. It sits in the Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests which consist of mixed deciduous and coniferous trees.[1] The region around the lake consists of rocky parallel ridges with poorly drained areas of muskeg and irregular rocky shorelines due to intense glaciation.[2] The lake is situated on the well known "Mistik Creek Loop", a remote canoe route 95 km (59 mi) in length which can be paddled in four days.[3][4]

Nao Lake
Nao Lake at the Mistik Creek outlet
Nao Lake
Location	Manitoba
Coordinates	54°43′4″N 101°25′47″W
Lake type	Glacial Lake
Primary inflows	Mistik Creek
Primary outflows	Mistik Creek
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Max. width	0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Surface elevation	319 m (1,047 ft)
Islands	4

Location of Nao Lake in Manitoba

Nao is a Cree word meaning 'four', as all of the fourteen lakes on Mistik Creek are named in numeric order in Cree.[1][5]

See also

• List of lakes of Manitoba

References