June 21, 2021
- 10 min read
Lake Muskoka
Location | |
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Official Name | Lake Muskoka |
County/District | Muskoka |
Municipality | Township of Muskoka Lakes |
Drainage Basin | Muskoka River |
Latitude/Longitude | 45.054 N -79.475 W |
Physical Features | |
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Surface Area (km) | 121 |
Elevation (m asl) | 225 |
Mean Depth (m) | 18 |
Maximum Depth (m) | 73 |
Perimeter (km) | 269 |
Island Shoreline (km) | 209 |
Clarity (m) | 3.5 |
Land Use and Development | |
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Crown Land (%) | 0 |
Provincial Parks | Hardy Lake Provincial Park |
Shoreline Development | intense; urban, commercial, shoreline residential |
Access | public; public launches in Bracebridge – George Road, Beaumont Drive; Gravenhurst – Muskoka Wharf; Bala; Milford Bay and others; private access through several marinas |
Water Level Management | regulated; water level is controlled by MNR owned and operated dams at Bala; 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, rainbow smelt, northern pike, burbot, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye |
Other Fish Species | longnose sucker, white sucker, lake chub, golden shiner, common shiner, blacknose shiner, spottail shiner, spotfin shiner, bluntnose minnow, black bullhead, brown bullhead, margined madtom, trout-perch, rock bass, pumpkinseed, black crappie, yellow perch, Iowa darter, logperch, cisco, slimy sculpin, Spoonhead Sculpin |