Wabigoon Lake

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Wabigoon lake is located in Northwestern Ontario and is the headwater for the Wabigoon river. The community of Dryden (pop 8,198) is located on the north shore of the lake. A dam built to provide power for the early pulp and paper company raised the original level of the lake by several feet and its current mean depth is 19ft.

Wabigoon is named from Ojibwa words meaning "muddy waters" because of its brown color.