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Big Sand Lake

One lake, 46 charted basins — combined figures below.

59,404 acSurface area24,039 ha
Northeast DivisionFishing zone
Lynn LakeNearest town92 km NE
385 miShoreline619 km
66 miNearest roadfly-in territory
None on fileDepth map

Big Sand Lake is the 10th-largest of 9,058 named lakes in Northeast Manitoba, with 385 miles of charted shoreline and 114 islands. The lake lies 92 km northeast of Lynn Lake.

Manitoba Fisheries · Waterbody Data

Fish species

Also present: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Cisco, White Sucker

Historically recorded gamefish (Manitoba Fisheries, Waterbody Data) — not a survey.

On this water

Lodges & operators 1

  • lodgefly-inamerican · housekeeping

    A fly-in lodge on Big Sand Lake in far northern Manitoba, several hundred miles north of Winnipeg, which is the only camp on its lake and also runs four remote outpost camps on Chipewyan, Wolf, Jordan and LeClair lakes. Packages fly guests in from Winnipeg to the lodge's own airstrip for guided trophy lake trout, northern pike, walleye and Arctic grayling, or for guided moose, black bear and timber wolf hunts.

2026 regulations

Seasons & limitsNortheast Division

Northeast DivisionManitoba rules are not yet structured on BorealBound. Check the official Manitoba Anglers' Guide (PDF) and the e-licensing publications page before you fish.

MNRF stocking records

Stocking history

MNRF recreational fish stocking recorded for this water.

YearSpeciesFish stocked
1993Lake Trout150,000
1990Rainbow Trout3,000

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