Sturgeon 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 Kenora

Kenora District, Ontario

Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is, geographically, the largest division in that province; at 407,192.66 km2 it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area...

 and Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay District, Ontario

Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay....

 districts in 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

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. The lake has many bays and arms, and is drained by the Sturgeon River

Sturgeon River (Marchington River)

The Sturgeon River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin located in Kenora and Thunder Bay Districts in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It travels west from its head at Sturgeon Lake, Thunder Bay District, through several intermediate lakes, to the Marchington River at Marchington Lake, Kenora...

. It has a shallow V

V

V is the twenty-second letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-Letter:The letter V comes from the Semitic letter Waw, as do the modern letters F, U, W, and Y. See F for details....

 shape, with one arm beginning near O'Briens Landing

O'Briens Landing, Ontario

O'Briens Landing is a community in Ontario....

 and extending 35 km (22 mi) north-east to Sturgeon Lake Narrows at the vertex of the "V", and the second arm continuing from there another 24 km (15 mi) north to a point 6.5 km (4 mi)south of Savant Lake

Savant Lake, Ontario

Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.-Transportation:Savant Lake is on Ontario Highway 599, roughly halfway between Ignace and Pickle Lake...

. Savant Lake (Sturgeon Lake) Water Aerodrome

Savant Lake (Sturgeon Lake) Water Aerodrome

Savant Lake Water Aerodrome, , is located southeast of Savant Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.Located north-east at is the abandoned "Savant Lake Aerodrome" at an elevation of . The gravel stip is visible from the air and is still listed on the visual flight rules aeronautical...

is located on the lake.