Kahshe Lake

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Kahshe Lake
Location	Muskoka, Ontario
Basin countries	Canada

Kahshe Lake is a lake situated in the Muskoka region in Ontario, Canada (just south of the town of Gravenhurst). It is one of the main cottaging lakes in the region and is the fourth largest of these lakes by area. There are approximately 600 cottages on the lake. The lake is "Tea Coloured", containing a high level of dissolved organics.

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The Indian words, Kah-she-she-bog-a-mog are defined in a dictionary developed by early Jesuit Missionaries and located in the archives in Ottawa. Kah-Lake, She-Many,Bog-Ducks,a-and, Mog or Maug-Loons, therefore Lake of Many Many Ducks and Loons ( researched by Ken Little ). Other people swear that it means Lake of Many Islands or "Lake of Healing Waters". Yet others, especially those with powerful motor boats, nickname it Lake of Many Rocks and "The Minefield". The lake's west end is shallow while the east side is deep, yet both areas have many shallow rock hazards with no marker buoys that just seem to appear "out of nowhere" as the waterways are navigated. There is a section in the middle of the lake that is so rugged that if marked with sonar, it appears as the pulses of a heart beat on a pulse reader. These many distinct areas in the lake provide for easy fish locating for avid fishermen.