Black Sturgeon Lake
Surface area
12,172 ac4,926 ha
Max depth
172 ft52.4 m
Mean depth
61 ft18.5 m
Water type
Cold-water
Mgmt zone
FMZ 6
Shoreline
43 mi69 km
Depth map
Available
Black Sturgeon Lake is the 25th-largest of 4,241 named lakes in Superior Country, with 43 miles of charted shoreline and 16 islands. Its 172 ft maximum depth is greater than 94% of depth-surveyed lakes in the region.
Fish species
From MNRF aquatic resource surveys.
Also present: Blackfin Cisco, Burbot, Cisco, Emerald Shiner, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter x Tesselated Darter, Lake Sturgeon, Logperch, Ninespine Stickleback, Slimy Sculpin, Spottail Shiner, Trout-Perch, White Sucker, Whitefish subfamily
Stocked: Lake Trout (most recently 2025).
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Stocking history
MNRF recreational fish stocking recorded for this water.
| Year | Species | Fish stocked |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lake Trout | 97,867 |
| 2024 | Lake Trout | 70,500 |
| 2023 | Lake Trout | 83,003 |
| 2022 | Lake Trout | 63,784 |
| 2021 | Lake Trout | 77,030 |
Similar water
Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
- Sturgeon Lake17 shared species · 60,470 ac
- Lake Superior (lac Supérieur)17 shared species · 7,097,211 ac
- Long Lake16 shared species · 33,534 ac
- Bell Lake15 shared species · 10,254 ac
- McCrea Lake15 shared species · 10,041 ac
Nearby lakes
- Muskrat Lake7.9 mi · species data
- Circle Lake6.3 mi · species data
- Rabbitbelly Lake6.7 mi · species data
- Little Sturge Lake10.6 mi · species data
- Nonwatin Lake12.2 mi · species data
- Disraeli Lake16.4 mi · species data