Lake Joseph

Location
Official Name	Lake Joseph
Local Name	Lake Joe, Little Lake Joseph
County/District	Muskoka, Parry Sound
Municipality	Township of Muskoka Lakes Township of Seguin
Drainage Basin	Lake Rosseau
Latitude/Longitude	45.176 N 79.730 W

Physical Features
Surface Area (km)	54.60
Elevation (m asl)	225
Mean Depth (m)	25
Maximum Depth (m)	93
Perimeter (km)	140
Island Shoreline (km)	91
Clarity (m)	6.7

Land Use and Development
Crown Land (%)	0
Provincial Parks	none
Shoreline Development	intense; urban, commercial, shoreline residential
Access	public; public launches in Cox Bay, Foot’s Bay and numerous marinas
Water Level Management	regulated; water level is controlled by an MNR owned and operated dam at Port Carling; flows and levels are governed by the Muskoka River Water Management Plan

Fish Species
Major Fish Species	lake trout, lake whitefish, smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskellunge, burbot, black crappie, walleye, largemouth bass
Other Fish Species	white sucker, brown bullhead, cisco, spottail shiner, trout-perch, central mudminnow, rainbow smelt, slimy sculpin, bluntnose minnow, margined madtom, mottled sculpin, blacknose shiner, creek chub, ninespine stickleback, brook stickleback, pumpkinseed, banded killifish, yellow perch, Iowa darter, rock bass, golden shiner