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Natural Resources Canada Place names database and displays as being located on the southeast shore of the lake at the intersection of Chimo Road South and Far Side Lane. In fact, there is no town of Black Donald, at that location or anywhere else. The town of Black Donald was flooded
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From the outflow of the lake almost to the major inflow of the
Madawaska River from Centennial Lake, Black Donald Lake forms the boundary between Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County and North Frontenac, Frontenac County.
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Madawaska River, which flows over the dam at the
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Centennial Lake adjacent upstream were created by the construction of the Mountain Chute Generating Station and dam and an associated
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221:34.4 square kilometres (13.3 sq mi)
588:Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5
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709:"A river flows by us"
684:History: Black Donald
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440:See also
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