Camp Lake (Manitoba)

Not to be confused with Camp Lake, near West Hawk Manitoba.
Camp Lake
Camp Lake is located in Manitoba
Camp Lake
Camp Lake
Location of the lake in Manitoba
Camp Lake is located in Canada
Camp Lake
Camp Lake
Camp Lake (Canada)
LocationSherridon, Manitoba
Coordinates55°08′N 101°06′W / 55.13°N 101.10°W / 55.13; -101.10
Primary outflowsKississing Lake
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi)
Max. width.5 kilometres (0.31 mi)

Camp Lake is a waterbody in western Manitoba, Canada.

Description and history

Camp Lake is located in Sherridon, Manitoba, adjacent to Kississing Lake.[1] A weir separates the two lakes.[2]

Between 1931 and 1951, operators of the Sherritt-Gordon Mine deposited 7.7 mega tons of tailings in close proximity to the lake.[3] The lake became polluted from contaminants in the tailings and the contamination of Camp Lake spread into Kississing Lake.[4]

Remediation efforts started in 2009 and including moving mine tailings from Camp Lake into Kississing Lake in 2013 and 2015.[2]

Water quality testing undertaken by the Manitoba Metis Federation in 2021 identified metal contamination in the lake.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Georgetown University, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (1956). Canadian North. United States: Technical Assistant to Chief of Naval Operations for Polar Projects (OP-O3A3). pp. 222–223. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b "Tailing drainage into Kississing Lake raises orange flags in Sherridon". Flin Flon Reminder. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ Moncur, Michael C.; Ptacek, Carol J.; Hayashi, Masaki; Blowes, David W.; Birks, S. Jean (1 February 2014). "Seasonal cycling and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from an abandoned mine site in northern Canada". Applied Geochemistry. 41: 176–188. Bibcode:2014ApGC...41..176M. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.12.007. ISSN 0883-2927.
  4. ^ "$34.5M to clean up Sherridon tailings". The Reminder (Flin Flon). 11 February 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ Baxter, Dave (24 September 2021). "MMF blames province over concerning levels of metal contamination in Manitoba lakes". Winnipeg Sun. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2023.