Kesagami Lake
Kesagami Lake is a lake of Cochrane District, in Northeastern Ontario, in Canada. It is a shallow lake that was formed assumedly by glacial erosion and unique for its size in the James Bay area. Entirely protected within Kesagami Provincial Park, it is notable in particular for its trophy pike and walleye fishing.
| Kesagami Lake | |
|---|---|
Kesagami Lake | |
| Location | Ontario |
| Coordinates | 50.375°N 80.240°W |
| Primary inflows | Kesagami River |
| Primary outflows | Kesagami River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 37 km (23 mi) |
| Max. width | 11 km (7 mi) |
| Surface area | 207.80 km2 (80.23 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Max. depth | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Islands | 6 |
The lake, formerly also called Mesackamee or Mesackamy Lake, was home to a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, called Mesackamee House, between 1777 and 1780. George Atkinson, Peter Liske, William Thomas, and William Robinson were sent there from Moose Factory along with two indigenous families to settle the area in order to protect business at Abitibi from competitors. The post was abandoned by October 1779.
Fish species in Kesagami Lake include burbot, herring, northern pike, common white sucker and longnose sucker, perch, walleye, and lake whitefish.