Lake Wanapitei
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Lake Wanapitei is a meteor crater lake in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the large Sudbury meteor crater but not related to it.
It is 7.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 37.2 ± 1.2 million years, placing it in the Eocene.
It is a popular recreational and residential area in Sudbury, and the lake is the largest in the world completely contained within the boundaries of a single city. The Wanapitei River flows through the lake. There is a provincial park located on the north shore of Lake Wanapitei; this is a non-operating park so there are no facilities. The lake has a number of small islands within it. Named islands include Blueberry, Howie, Wanapitei, MacLennan and Bonanza.
The small Wanapitei Ojibwe reserve is also located on the lake's northwestern shore.
The lake's name comes from the Ojibwa word waanabidebiing, or "concave-tooth [shaped] water", which describes its shape. A nearby community which takes its name from the river is spelled Wahnapitae. However, the Wanapitei spelling is correct for both the lake and the river.
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