June 21, 2021
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Kahshe Lake
Location | |
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Official Name | Kahshe Lake |
Local Names | Kah-she-she-bog-a-mog |
County/District | Muskoka |
Municipality | Town of Gravenhurst |
Drainage Basin | Kahshe River |
Latitude/Longitude | 44.8636 N 79.2664 W |
Physical Features | |
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Surface Area (km) | 8.28 |
Elevation (m asl) | 243 |
Mean Depth (m) | 5 |
Maximum Depth (m) | 21 |
Perimeter (km) | 60 |
Island Shoreline (km) | 30 |
Clarity (m) | 2.9 |
Land Use and Development | |
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Crown Land (%) | 5 |
Provincial Parks | Kahshe Lake Barrens Conservation Reserve, Jevins and Silver Lake Conservation Reserve |
Shoreline Development | high; commercial, shoreline residential |
Access | public; boat launch at west end of lake off South Kahshe Lake Road |
Water Level Management | regulated; water level is controlled by MNR owned and operated dam at west end of lake; flows and levels are governed by Kahshe Lake Operating Plan |
Fish Species | |
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Major Fish Species | walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, black crappie, smallmouth bass, burbot, largemouth bass |
Other Fish Species | grass pickerel, cisco (lake herring), brown bullhead, rock bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, white sucker, trout-perch, golden shiner, bluntnose minnow |