Athapapuskow Lake
One lake, 6 charted basins — combined figures below.
Athapapuskow Lake is the 7th-largest of 1,054 named lakes in Northwest Manitoba, with 370 miles of charted shoreline and 556 islands. The lake lies 15 km southeast of Flin Flon.
Manitoba Fisheries · Waterbody Data
Fish species
Also present: Burbot, Cisco, Rainbow Trout, Splake, White Sucker
Stocked: Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Splake (most recently 1968).
Historically recorded gamefish (Manitoba Fisheries, Waterbody Data) — not a survey.
On this water
Lodges & operators 2
- Aberdeen Lodge✓ Verifiedlodgeboat-inhousekeeping
A family-run fishing lodge operating since 1949 on Lake Athapapuskow, tucked behind a chain of islands about 20 km south of Flin Flon, Manitoba. Light-housekeeping cabins reached by a short boat run from the government dock at Cranberry Portage, with northern pike, walleye and lake trout water within a mile of the dock.
- Tonepah Lodge✓ Verifiedlodgedrive-tohousekeeping
A road-accessible lodge sitting on the shoreline of Athapapuskow Lake at Cranberry Portage in northwestern Manitoba, renting light-housekeeping units with kitchenettes to anglers chasing lake trout, walleye and northern pike in open water and through the ice. The same owners run a rustic self-catered outpost on Walton Lake and will arrange local guides for bear, moose and waterfowl hunters.
2026 regulations
Seasons & limitsNorthwest Division
MNRF stocking records
Stocking history
MNRF recreational fish stocking recorded for this water.
| Year | Species | Fish stocked |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Lake Trout | 10,000 |
| 1967 | Lake Trout | 3,000 |
| 1959 | Lake Trout | 10,000 |
| 1953 | Splake | 5,000 |
| 1952 | Splake | 8,000 |
| 1951 | Splake | 3,000 |
| 1950 | Splake | 6,000 |
| 1949 | Rainbow Trout | 2,000 |
| 1945 | Lake Trout | 36,000 |
| 1944 | Lake Trout | 50,000 |
| 1941 | Smallmouth Bass | 21 |
| 1940 | Smallmouth Bass | 60 |
Comparable trips
Similar water
Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
- Clearwater Lake10 shared species · 71,403 ac
- Schist Lake9 shared species · 5,857 ac
- Kississing Lake8 shared species · 68,429 ac
- Cormorant Lake8 shared species · 82,308 ac
- Rocky Lake8 shared species · 27,862 ac
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