Belmont Lake (Ontario)

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Belmont Lake is a lake in geographic Belmont Township in the municipality of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada. It is part of the water system that feeds the Trent Severn Waterway Great Lakes Basin. There are 2 watercourses (rivers) that flow into Belmont and one exiting. The first, Crowe River, comes from the north from Cordova Lake and is navigable by small boat from the northwest part of Belmont Lake up the river for approximately 3 kilometers. It has deep and shallow sections and some areas that are rocky. The second inflow is the North River, which comes from Sebright Bay on Round Lake, is on the west side at approximately the middle point of the lake, and flows into North River Bay (some locals refer to this as Taylor Bay). There is a small waterfall flowing into the lake that varies in size depending on water levels at certain times of the year. The Crowe River outflow is on the east side at approximately the middle point of the lake. This river is navigable by small boat for approximately 1 km to the Crowe River Dam. From there the river flows for almost 4 kilometers to Crowe Lake. Belmont Lake has approximately 50 islands. Several of the islands are named. The largest is Big island. It is approximately 1 km long and 375 metres at its widest point. There are approximately 45 cottages on the island. The island is located in the mid

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