Gods Lake
Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The lake covers an area of with a net area of, making it the 7th largest lake in the province. It lies north of Island Lake at an elevation of, approximately east of Thompson, Manitoba. It has a shore length of. It drains north via the Gods River and the Hayes River to Hudson Bay.
The area was featured in season 7 of the reality television series Ice Road Truckers. Richard Wagamese writes about Gods Lake in Indian Horse.
Settlements
The First Nations communities of Gods Lake Narrows, Gods Lake, and Gods River are located on the shores of the lake.Gods Lake Narrows is in the southern portion of Gods Lake where the lake narrows. The community is built on an island in the narrows of the lake and on the west and east shores. Gods Lake Narrows consists of the northern community of Gods Lake Narrows with a population of 85 and God's Lake 23, a God's Lake First Nation community of 1,341 people.
At the mouth of Gods River on the northern end of the lake is the primary settlement of the Manto Sipi First Nation community of Gods River with 596 people.