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Trout Lake's contributing watershed comprises an area of 43.44 sq mi (112.52 km 2). [1] The lake has a maximum width of 1.36 mi (2.19 km) and a surface elevation of 1,614 ft (492 m). [1] [3] Trout Lake is part of Vilas County which is highly interconnected with bodies of water, with lakes and ponds covering more than 15% of its total area. [4]
The City of North Bay (population approx 54,000) draws its drinking water from Trout Lake. While the urban core of North Bay is located primarily between Trout Lake and Lake Nipissing, the city limits contain the lake's entire northern shore. Much of the lake's southern shore is located within the township of East Ferris.
In 1870, Trout Lake Township, or 55 N Range 24 W of the 4th PM (principal meridian), was surveyed as part of the Public Land Survey System.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.7 square miles (89.8 km 2), of which 30.5 square miles (79.1 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (10.7 km 2), or 11.91%, is water.
In 1970, a section of the Mattawa River from the eastern end of Trout Lake to the western boundary of Samuel de Champlain Park was protected as Ontario's first "waterway" park. It was a 33 kilometres (21 mi) long and 122 metres (400 ft) wide ribbon of land on both sides of the river with an area of 32.57 square kilometres (12.58 sq mi). [ 1 ]
Trout Lake is known for its fishing opportunities. It is named for rainbow trout, which are stocked annually by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. In addition to trout, black crappie, bluegill, and largemouth bass also inhabit the lake. Shoreline access is limited, since the lake is mostly surrounded by private property.
Trout Lake is an unincorporated community in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The former steamboat landing is at the north end of Trout Lake . [ 1 ] The locality, on BC Highway 31 , is by road about 177 kilometres (110 mi) north of Nelson and 90 kilometres (56 mi) by road and ferry southeast of Revelstoke .
Today, the lake is located within the Deschutes National Forest and serves as one of central Oregon's most popular outdoor recreation sites, with three large campgrounds and two day-use areas along the north, west, and south shores of the lake. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife regularly stocks the lake with rainbow trout.
Trout Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 672 at the 2020 census . The town is notable for its organic dairy and herb farms, and as an access point to Mount Adams and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest .