Maps of Nelson Lake

Township Map

Nelson lake is located in Bowell and Wisner townships,  30 km North of downtown Sudbury, in Valley East.

UTM Coordinates:     
Easting  492751, Northing  5174937


 

Watershed Map

Nelson Lake is located in the Nelson River Watershed.  The area of the drainage basin is 798 ha.  Nelson Lake is a headwater lake that has been used as an environmental ecological monitoring lake specifically for air quality (smelter emissions reductions) in the area.  For more information contact the Co-operative Freshwater Ecology Unit.

For more information on the watershed, and on the data obtained for this lake, please click on the following link: Watershed Map

 

Bathymetric Map

Nelson Lake is 308.8 hectares in size with a shoreline perimeter of 21.2 kilometers.  Nelson Lake is a large, deep lake with a maximum depth of 51 meters.