Ferguson Lake (Temagami)
Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario
Ferguson Lake is a lake in the municipality of Temagami, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in geographic Strathy Township and is part of the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.
Ferguson Lake has three inflows. The primary inflow is Net Creek at the northeast; there are two other unnamed inflows, one at the northwest, arriving from the direction of Owaissa Lake, and one at the west. The primary outflow is also Net Creek, which flows via Cassels Lake, Rabbit Lake, the Matabitchuan River, Lake Timiskaming and the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.
Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway run along the western shore of Ferguson Lake.
The public source identifies “Ferguson Lake (Temagami)” as lake in Nipissing District, Ontario. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ferguson, Lake and Temagami.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48803289. Authority coordinates are 47.139, -79.763. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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