Crawford Lake (Halton Region)
Crawford Lake (Wyandot: Kionywarihwaen) is a lake near the community of Campbellville, in the town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada. It is located within Crawford Lake Conservation Area, a Regionally Environmentally Sensitive Area, an Ontario Area of Natural and Scientific Interest, and part of the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve.
| Crawford Lake | |
|---|---|
| Kionywarihwaen (Wyandot) | |
Crawford Lake Location in Southern Ontario | |
| Location | Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°28′05″N 79°56′55″W |
| Type | Meromictic |
| Primary inflows | Unnamed creek |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 270 m (886 ft) |
| Max. width | 130 m (427 ft) |
| Surface area | 2.4 ha (5.9 acres) |
| Max. depth | 22.5 m (74 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 286 m (938 ft) |
The primary inflow to the lake is an unnamed creek.
Crawford Lake is meromictic, which means it has sequentially deposited seasonal sediment laminations called varves at the bottom; these allow for accurate dating of sediment cores and make Crawford Lake a prime site for archeological and geochemical studies.
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