June 21, 2021
- 10 min read
Peninsula Lake
Location | |
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Official Name | Peninsula Lake |
Local Names | Pen Lake |
County/District | Muskoka |
Municipality | Town of Huntsville Township of Lake of Bays |
Drainage Basin | Muskoka River – Mary Lake |
Latitude/Longitude | 45.338 N 79.100 W |
Physical Features | |
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Surface Area (km) | 8.40 |
Elevation (m asl) | 284 |
Mean Depth (m) | 11.7 |
Maximum Depth (m) | 37 |
Perimeter (km) | 29.8 |
Island Shoreline (km) | |
Clarity (m) |
Land Use and Development | |
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Crown Land (%) | 0 |
Provincial Parks | none |
Shoreline Development | high; shoreline residential, commercial |
Access | public; public launches: beside Tally-Ho Inn off Hwy 60; SE end of lake off North Portage Road; Huntsville town docks via Fairy Lake. |
Water Level Management | regulated; water level is control by an MNR owned and operated dam at outlet of Fairy Lake; flows and levels and levels are governed by the Muskoka River Water Management Plan |
Fish Species | |
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Major Fish Species | brook trout, lake trout, cisco (lake herring), lake whitefish, rainbow smelt, northern pike, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, Walleye), Black Crappie |
Other Fish Species | blacknose shiner, blackchin shiner, common shiner, bluntnose minnow, northern redbelly dace, white sucker, longnose sucker, brown bullhead, Iowa darter, pumpkinseed |