June 21, 2021
- 10 min read
Lake Vernon
Location | |
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Official Name | Lake Vernon |
County/District | Muskoka |
Municipality | Town of Huntsville |
Drainage Basin | South Muskoka River |
Latitude/Longitude | 45.328 N 79.294 W |
Physical Features | |
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Surface Area (km) | 15.66 |
Elevation (m asl) | 284 |
Mean Depth (m) | 14 |
Maximum Depth (m) | 38 |
Perimeter (km) | 43 |
Island Shoreline (km) | 17 |
Clarity (m) | 3.2 |
Land Use and Development | |
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Crown Land (%) | 0 |
Provincial Parks | none |
Shoreline Development | intense; urban, shoreline residential, commercial |
Access | public; Hutcheson Beach Road and, Muskoka River in Huntsville |
Water Level Management | regulated; water level is controlled by MNR owned and operated dam on the North Muskoka River downstream of Fairy Lake; flows and levels are governed by the Muskoka River Water Management Plan |
Fish Species | |
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Major Fish Species | lake trout, walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black crappie |
Other Fish Species | brown bullhead, white sucker, brook trout, cisco, lake whitefish, common shiner, spottail shiner, bluntnose minnow, golden shiner, blacknose shiner, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, longnose sucker, rock bass, lake chub, trout-perch, rainbow smelt |