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Payukosap Lake Location in Manitoba
Location	Manitoba
Coordinates	54°47′45″N 101°22′58″W / 54.79583°N 101.38278°W / 54.79583; -101.38278
Lake type	Glacial Lake
Primary inflows	Mistik Creek
Primary outflows	Mistik Creek
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Max. width	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Surface elevation	322 m (1,056 ft)
Islands	0

Location in Manitoba

Payukosap Lake is a glacial lake above the confluence of Holt Lake and Mistik Creek, approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of Bakers Narrows. As a segment of the Mistik Creek, it is part of the Nelson River watershed, in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. The surrounding mixed deciduous and coniferous forest is part of the Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests. The region around the lake consists of rocky parallel ridges with poorly drained areas of muskeg and irregular stony shorelines due to intense glaciation. The lake is situated on the well known "Mistik Creek Loop", a remote canoe route 80 kilometres (50 mi) in length which can be paddled in four days.

Etymology

Payukosap is Cree for "eleven". It is notable for being one of fourteen lakes on Mistik Creek named in numeric order in Cree. The fourteen lakes listed by their Cree names with the english translations in order from south to north are:

• Payuk Lake - One (outflow)
• Neso Lake - Two
• Nisto Lake - Three
• Nao Lake - Four
• Niyanun Lake - Five
• Nikotwasik Lake - Six
• Tapukok Lake - Seven
• Uyenanao Lake - Eight
• Kakat Lake - Nine
• Mitatut Lake - Ten
• Payukosap Lake - Eleven
• Nesosap Lake - Twelve
• Nistosap Lake - Thirteen
• Naosap Lake - Fourteen (source)