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McCubbin Lake

McCubbin Lake is a lake in the Algoma District in Ontario, Canada, around 30 miles north of Lake Superior. One mile to the west, there is Hammer Lake, a lake used for fishing, swimming etc. Highway 17 is close to the lake.

McCubbin Lake has a size of around 0,1 square miles and a cercumference of about 2.6 miles.

The lake was named McCubbin Lake in memory of Warrant Officer Class II Francis Cole McCubbin[1], who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Europe between 1942 and 1943. After a raid against Berlin in the night of 2./3.12.1943 the 21 year old air gunner died when his Halifax II Bomber of 35. Squadron crashed at Mettmann, near Düsseldorf, Germany. His crew members were also killed.[2][3][4]

Coordinates are: 48.3939398 -85.0623269

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  1. ^ Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. "Ontario Map Viewer". www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. ^ Government of Canada (20 February 2019). "Canadian Virtual War Memorial". The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM). Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  3. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission. "Commonwealth War Graves". Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  4. ^ Lesaar, Marcel; Dr. Grau, Helmut; Lohbeck, Juergen; Polklaeser, Sven (2014). Abgestuerzt (in German). Velbert, Germany: SCALA Verlag. pp. 76–124. ISBN 978-3-9816362-2-2.