| Mahood Lake | |
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  Mahood Lake | |
| Location | South Cariboo, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 51°54′41″N 120°22′54″W / 51.91139°N 120.38167°W |
| Primary inflows | Canim River, Deception Creek |
| Primary outflows | Mahood River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 21 km (13.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| Surface area | 33.5 km2 (12.9 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 629 m (2,064 ft) |
| Islands | 0 |
Mahood Lake is a lake in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia in Wells Gray Provincial Park.[1] It is drained by the Mahood River, a tributary of the Clearwater River which has cut a deep canyon into Cambrian rocks and Pleistocene glacial moraines. Mahood Lake is fed by the short Canim River, which drains nearby Canim Lake to the west via Canim Falls and Mahood Falls.[2]
The lake is 629 metres in elevation, 197 metres deep at its deepest point, approximately 33.5 km² in area, 21 km (13.0 mi) in length (east to west) and a maximum of 2.2 km (1.4 mi) in width. Mount Mahood is immediately south of the lake and rises to 1,812 m (5,945 ft).
- ^ "Mahood Lake". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Neave, Roland (2023). Exploring Wells Gray Park, 7th edition. Wells Gray Tours, Kamloops, BC. ISBN 978-0-9681932-3-5.