Murray Lake (Manitoba) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Murray Lake
Murray Lake from Thompson Creek
Murray Lake Location in Manitoba
Location	Manitoba
Coordinates	54°45′30″N 101°35′39″W / 54.75833°N 101.59417°W / 54.75833; -101.59417
Lake type	Glacial Lake
Primary inflows	Thompson Lake
Primary outflows	Lake Athapapuskow
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	1.9 km (1.2 mi)
Max. width	.5 km (0.31 mi)
Shore length1	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Surface elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Islands	0
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Location in Manitoba

Murray Lake is a glacial lake approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows which drains into Lake Athapapuskow. It is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. The lakes sits in Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is characterized by steeply sloping irregular rock ridges and poorly drained areas of muskeg.

The lake was named to honor a pair of brothers named Murray who prospected on the lake. The name was officially adopted in 1941