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Lake of the Woods is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District.The township is located on the eponymous Lake of the Woods, consisting of mainland in the south-east part of the lake, the southern shores of Aulneau Peninsula, along with several islands in the lake, including Big Island and Bigsby Island.
Lake of the Woods is home to walleye, northern pike, perch, sauger, crappie, panfish, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, lake trout, lake sturgeon, and muskellunge. Lake of the Woods is nicknamed the "Walleye capital of the world". The lake is the host of year-round fishing, with ice fishing being a popular recreation activity on the lake.
Lake of the Woods Provincial Park is a provincial park in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It protects several islands in Lake of the Woods , in both Kenora and Rainy River Districts . [ 2 ] It was established in 1967 and expanded with 11,800 hectares (29,000 acres) in 1985. [ 4 ]
Sioux Narrows is a small resort community located on the shores of Lake of the Woods where Highway 71 crosses the eponymous narrows between Whitefish and Regina Bay. There are about 300 permanent residents, and about double that in the summer time when cottagers from Ontario, Manitoba, and the United States come for vacation. Tourism is the ...
Calvert Island is an island in Whitefish Bay, Lake of the Woods in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. It is about 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of the community of Sioux Narrows and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Ontario Highway 71. Calvert Island is 930 metres (3,051 ft) long and 520 metres (1,706 ft) wide.
Dawson is a township located in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the mouth of the Rainy River where it flows into Lake of the Woods . The township was formed on 1 January 1997, when the former incorporated townships of Atwood, Blue, Dilke, and Worthington were amalgamated.
The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic Work Township [2] and heads southwest through Ulster Lake and under Ontario Highway 71 to Black Lake.It continues southwest, passes into geographic MacQuarrie Township [3] then Yellow Girl Bay 32B Indian Reserve (part of the Naotkamegwanning First Nation), and reaches its mouth at Long Bay on the northeast side of the Lake of the Woods.
Lake of the Woods 37 is a First Nations reserve consisting of four islands within Lake of the Woods. It is one of the reserves of the Northwest Angle 37 First Nation. It includes Burnt Rock Island, Windfall Island, Cyclone Island and Windigo Islands.