Booster Lake
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Booster Lake is located in Nopiming Provincial Park
in the province of Manitoba
, Canada
.
It is located inside the Canadian Shield
, at an elevation of 320 metres (1,049.9 ft), approximately 56 miles (90.1 km) northeast of Lac Du Bonnet and sits about 5 miles (8 km) west from the Ontario border. Highway 315 runs north of the lake.
The lake
is fed by several creeks, and is drained by Booster Creek into Bird Lake, the source of Bird River, a tributary of the Winnipeg River
.
The Lake itself contains many portions that have been given unofficial names by the cottage owners including Jackfish Bay, Halfmoon and Pickrel Rock. An Island at Booster Lake was named in honour of Frank "The Mayor" Penzick who lived at his cabin on Booster Lake year round.
There is a trail that connects Booster Lake with the nearby Flanders Lake
Booster Lake cottage owners take part in annual events such as garage sales, and an annual fishing derby with a reception hosted on the beach near the public boat launch
The Family of Winnipeg Radio Personality Al McLean of QX 104 owns a cottage at Booster Lake and Al frequently mentions this on his program.
The original road into the area was used for logging and mining. Years ago, they mined for gold, although that mine has been closed and dismantled. Active mining in the area is done around Bernic Lake
by The Tanco Mining Company
. The mine is an active producer of caesium
, tantalum
& spodumene
.
Nopiming Provincial Park
Nopiming Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the southeast side of the province, along the border with Ontario....
in the province of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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It is located inside the Canadian Shield
Canadian Shield
The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien , is a vast geological shield covered by a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American or Laurentia craton. It is an area mostly composed of igneous rock which relates to its long volcanic history...
, at an elevation of 320 metres (1,049.9 ft), approximately 56 miles (90.1 km) northeast of Lac Du Bonnet and sits about 5 miles (8 km) west from the Ontario border. Highway 315 runs north of the lake.
The lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
is fed by several creeks, and is drained by Booster Creek into Bird Lake, the source of Bird River, a tributary of the Winnipeg River
Winnipeg River
The Winnipeg River is a Canadian river which flows from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its watershed is in area, mainly in Canada. About of this area is in northern...
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The Lake itself contains many portions that have been given unofficial names by the cottage owners including Jackfish Bay, Halfmoon and Pickrel Rock. An Island at Booster Lake was named in honour of Frank "The Mayor" Penzick who lived at his cabin on Booster Lake year round.
There is a trail that connects Booster Lake with the nearby Flanders Lake
Booster Lake cottage owners take part in annual events such as garage sales, and an annual fishing derby with a reception hosted on the beach near the public boat launch
The Family of Winnipeg Radio Personality Al McLean of QX 104 owns a cottage at Booster Lake and Al frequently mentions this on his program.
The original road into the area was used for logging and mining. Years ago, they mined for gold, although that mine has been closed and dismantled. Active mining in the area is done around Bernic Lake
Bernic Lake
Bernic Lake is a lake in the province of Manitoba, Canada.The Tanco mine is located on the northwestern shore of the river. The mine is an active producer of caesium, tantalum and spodumene from a large pegmatite ore body....
by The Tanco Mining Company
Tanco Mine
Tanco Mine is an underground caesium and tantalum mine, owned and operated by Cabot Corporation on the north west shore of Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada. The mine has the largest known deposit of pollucite and is also the world's largest producer of caesium....
. The mine is an active producer of caesium
Caesium
Caesium or cesium is the chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 °C , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at room temperature...
, tantalum
Tantalum
Tantalum is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as tantalium, the name comes from Tantalus, a character in Greek mythology. Tantalum is a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion resistant. It is part of the refractory...
& spodumene
Spodumene
Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl2, and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite , yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite, prismatic crystals, often of great size...
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