June 21, 2021
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Kawagama Lake
Location | |
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Official Name | Kawagama Lake |
Local Names | Hollow Lake |
County/District | Haliburton |
Municipality | Township of Algonquin Highlands |
Drainage Basin | Muskoka River – Hollow River |
Latitude/Longitude | 45.401 N 78.746 W |
Physical Features | |
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Surface Area (km) | 31.50 |
Elevation (m asl) | 383 |
Mean Depth (m) | 22 |
Maximum Depth (m) | 73 |
Perimeter (km) | 109 |
Island Shoreline (km) | 24 |
Clarity (m) | 7.9 |
Land Use and Development | |
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Crown Land (%) | 60 |
Provincial Parks | none |
Shoreline Development | moderate; shoreline residential, commercial, recreation camp |
Access | public and private; public launches at Kawagama Lake Road, Bear Lake Road and McClintock Road; private launches at marinas |
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 the Muskoka River Water Management Plan |
Fish Species | |
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Major Fish Species | brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco (lake herring), round whitefish, rainbow smelt, burbot, rock bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, walleye, northern pike |
Other Fish Species | lake chub, northern redbelly dace, pumpkinseed, finescale dace, ninespine stickleback, brook stickleback, brown bullhead, white sucker, Iowa darter, common shiner, bluntnose minnow, blacknose dace, longnose dace, creek chub |