Hakuna Matata Skootamatta Traditional Cache
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Hakuna Matata Skootamatta
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Like thousands of other Canadians, there's no place we'd rather be than, than "at the lake". No worries, for the rest of our days........
Skootamatta Lake, known for years to local folk as Loon Lake is only one of the hundreds of thousands of freshwater lakes in Ontario. Not suprisingly, the local tourist board is named 'Land O' Lakes'. On the southern part of the Canadian Shield, Skootamatta is part of the large Moira River watershed which drains south into Lake Ontario. Seen from the air, the upper portion of the main lake, together with smaller Sheldrake lake, have been described as "lobster claws" - with the main lake being the lobster's body. The lake sits in a rough circular depression in solid rock - unlike most of the surrounding lakes, which lie in long, narrow troughs gouged into the rock by the glaciers receding to the north-east.
The aboriginal peoples who first inhabited the area undoubtedly used the lakes for transportation and as a source of fish and game. The area was completely logged over in the 19th century and has remained relatively unscathed for decades from the scourge of forest fires. (Perhaps the aboriginal inhabitants were not so fortunate - 'Skootamatta' is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline"). For a time, Skootamatta Lake served as headwaters for a hydro generating station, downstream on the Skootamatta River, at Flinton. In 1955, a concrete dam was constructed on the river, (replacing previous structures), to control and permanently stabilize the lake level approximately 3m above the original level as determined by the lay of the land.
Surface Area 1220 ha (3015 acres)
Mean Depth 7 m (24 feet)
Max. Depth 30 m (99 feet)
Perimeter 49 km (30.9 miles)
Main Fish Species:
Lake White Fish, Walleye, Northern Pike, small and large mouth Bass, Yellow Perch,
Rock Bass, Pumpkinseed, White Sucker, Barbot(ling), Rainbow Smelt
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