June 21, 2021
- 10 min read
Lake Joseph
Location | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |