Pelican 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 Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay , sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,...

 drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 in the town of Sioux Lookout and in Unorganized Kenora District in Kenora District, northwestern

Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...

 Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, 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...

. It is about 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) long and 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 356 metres (1,168 ft). The town centre of Sioux Lookout is on the east shore of the lake, the railway point Pelican

Pelican, Ontario

Pelican is an unincorporated place and railway point in the municipality of Sioux Lookout, Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Pelican Lake on the English River, part of the Nelson River drainage basin....

 on the southwest, and the Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

 transcontinental

Transcontinental railroad

A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies...

 main line

Main line (railway)

The Mainline or Main line of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected....

 (a line used by Via Rail

VIA Rail

Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....

's transcontinental Canadian trains) crosses the lake and runs along the west shore.

The primary inflow is the English River

English River (Ontario)

The English River flows through Lac Seul to join the Winnipeg River. The river is 615 km in length. There are several hydroelectric plants on this river.Tributaries of this river include the Vermilion River and the Wabigoon River...

 which comes over the Frog Rapids

Frog Rapids (English River, Ontario)

The Frog Rapids are located at Frog Rapids Narrows on the English River near Sioux Lookout in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. They connect Abram Lake to Pelican Lake.-References:* topographic map sheet 52J4 accessed 2007-11-10...

 from Abram Lake

Abram Lake (Kenora District, Ontario)

Abram Lake is a lake located adjacent to Sioux Lookout in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is at the mouth of the Marchington River and the confluence point of the Marchington River with the English River....

 at Frog Rapids Narrows

Frog Rapids Narrows (Ontario)

The Frog Rapids Narrows is a narrows located on the English River near Sioux Lookout in the Kenora District of northwestern Ontario. It stands between Abram Lake and Pelican Lake. The Frog Rapids are located, and Highway 72 crosses the English River at the narrows.-References:* topographic map...

 at the south end of the lake. Another significant inflow is an unnamed river at the northwest of the lake, arriving from Botham Bay on Big Vermillion Lake. The primary outflow is the English River over the Pelican Falls to Lost Lake (Ontario) at the northwest corner of the lake, which flows via 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...

 and the Nelson River

Nelson River

The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its full length is , it has mean discharge of , and has a drainage basin of , of which is in the United States...

to Hudson Bay.