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Arsenic Lake
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View of Arsenic Lake from Leckie Mine on its eastern shore
Arsenic Lake is located in Ontario
Arsenic Lake
Arsenic Lake
Location in Ontario
Location Temagami, Nipissing, Ontario
Coordinates 47°05′33″N 79°48′20″W / 47.09250°N 79.80556°W / 47.09250; -79.80556
Type Lake
Part of Ottawa River drainage basin
Max. length 1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Max. width 0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Surface elevation 310 m (1,020 ft)

Arsenic Lake is a lake in the Ottawa River drainage basin in Strathy Township of Temagami, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located between the town of Temagami and Temagami North near Highway 11. It is the only officially named Arsenic Lake in Canada.

The primary outflow is an unnamed creek to Net Lake, which flows via Cassels Lake, Rabbit Lake, the Matabitchuan River and Lake Timiskaming into the Ottawa River.

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