Boshkung Lake is a 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,...

 in the township of Algonquin Highlands, which is located near Buttermilk Falls, has been a common cottage and recreation destination. Haliburton County

Haliburton County, Ontario

Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County was established in 1983, but had existed as the Provisional County of Haliburton since 1874...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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Hydrology

Boshkung Lake is diamond-shaped with the two axes running roughly north-south and east-west. The longer north-south axis is about 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) long and the east-west 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi). The primary inflow is the Gull River

Gull River (Balsam Lake)

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 from Beech Lake on the east side of the lake. Other inflows are the Kennisis River over the Buttermilk Falls from Halls Lake at the north, and the Boshkung River over the Buck Slides Dam from Kushog Lake at the west. The primary outflow is the continuation of the Gull River through a narrows to Little Boshkung Lake at the south, whose waters flow into Balsam Lake

Balsam Lake

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 and via the Trent–Severn Waterway to Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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. There is one named bay, Echo Bay, on the east side, south of the inflow of the Gull River.

History

The first settler was Isaac Hunter who arrived in 1852. The early industry was logging; raw logs were processed at water-powered mills on the Trent–Severn Waterway, to which they were floated via the Gull River, and at Buttermilk Falls. The lake today is a cottage and recreation destination.

Settlements

The community of Buttermilk Falls is at the north; Boshkung at the west; and Carnarvon in the adjacent township of Minden Hills just to the southeast.

Transportation

Ontario Highway 35 follows the northeast shore of the lake, while Ontario Highway 118 crosses the narrows at the south end.