Lake Athapapuskow

Lake Athapapuskow Athapa'puskow Saka'higan
Lake Athapap
Lake Athapapuskow from the shore of the Bakers Narrows Campground looking southeast
Lake Athapapuskow Location of Lake Athapapuskow in Manitoba
Location	Manitoba
Coordinates	54°33′N 101°41′W / 54.550°N 101.683°W / 54.550; -101.683Coordinates: 54°33′N 101°41′W / 54.550°N 101.683°W / 54.550; -101.683
Lake type	glacial lake
River sources	Pineroot River, Mistik Creek, Schist Creek, Flintoba Creek
Primary outflows	Goose River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	31.2 km (19.4 mi)
Max. width	35.2 km (21.9 mi)
Surface area	269 km2 (104 sq mi)
Max. depth	71 m (233 ft)
Shore length1	786 km (488 mi)
Surface elevation	291 m (955 ft)
Frozen	November–May
Islands	+ 575
Settlements	Cranberry Portage, Bakers Narrows, Millwater
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Athapapuskow is a glacial lake located 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada, straddling the Manitoba and Saskatchewan border.

Lake Athapapuskow consists of three connected bodies of water, "Big Athapap" to the south, "Little Athapap" in the middle, and the "North Arm". There are three communities on the lake, Cranberry Portage on the southeast end, Millwater on the north shore of "Big Athapap", and Bakers Narrows between the "Little Athapap" and the "North Arm". The Flin Flon Airport is located on the north shore of "Little Athapap". Bakers Narrows Provincial Park straddles the narrows between the North Arm and Little Athapap. There are several fishing lodges located on the lake.

The lake is surrounded by Precambrian boreal forest, a mixed forest of coniferous and deciduous trees of the Canadian Shield. The area contains stands of black spruce, jack pine, white spruce, and trembling aspen. It drains via the Goose River (also known locally as the Rat River), and is part of the Nelson River basin.

Fish species include walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, lake trout, lake whitefish, burbot, rainbow trout, white sucker, Tullibee, splake and small mouth bass. The lake is well known for its sport fishing and has held three world records to date. In 1937, Leone Grayson caught a world record Lake Trout off Gull Island, a feat recorded in a memorial cairn at the Bakers Narrows Campground.