Niyanun Lake is a glacial lake on the Mistik Creek chain in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada.

Niyanun Lake
Niyanan Lake
Niyanun Lake
Location	Manitoba
Coordinates	54°43′20″N 101°23′26″W
Lake type	Glacial Lake
Primary inflows	Mistik Creek
Primary outflows	Mistik Creek
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Max. width	0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Surface elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)

Location of Niyanun Lake in Manitoba

It sits in the Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests which consist of mixed deciduous and coniferous trees.[1] The lake is also 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.[2][3]

Niyanun means 'five' in Cree, as all of the fourteen lakes on Mistik Creek are named in numeric order in Cree.[1][4][5]

The lake contains northern pike.[6] The region around the lake consists of rocky parallel ridges with poorly drained areas of muskeg and irregular stony shorelines due to intense glaciation.[7]

See also

• List of lakes of Manitoba

References