Map/Lakes/Southern & Central Ontario
Lake Erie (lac Érié)
One lake, 2 charted basins — combined figures below.
Surface area
6,296,600 ac2,548,096 ha
Mgmt zone
FMZ 19
Shoreline
1,499 mi2412 km
Depth map
None on file
Lake Erie (lac Érié) is the largest of 4,097 named lakes in Southern & Central Ontario, with 1,499 miles of charted shoreline and 201 islands.
Fish species
From MNRF aquatic resource surveys.
Also present: Alewife, American Brook Lamprey, American Eel, Banded Killifish, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Blackside Darter, Bluegill, Bluntnose Minnow, Bowfin, Brassy Minnow, Brindled Madtom, Brook Silverside, Brook Stickleback, Brown Bullhead, Brown Trout, Burbot, Carps and Minnows, Central Mudminnow, Central Stoneroller, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Channel Darter, Cisco, Common Carp, Common Shiner, Creek Chub, Eastern Sand Darter, Emerald Shiner, Fantail Darter, Fathead Minnow, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Freshwater Tubenose Goby, Ghost Shiner, Gizzard Shad, Golden Shiner, Goldfish, Grass Carp, Grass Pickerel, Greater Redhorse, Green Sunfish, Greenside Darter, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Lake Chubsucker, Lake Sturgeon, Least Darter, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Longnose Gar, Longnose Sucker, Margined Madtom, Mimic Shiner, Mooneye, Northern Brook Lamprey, Northern Madtom, Northern Pearl Dace, Northern Redbelly Dace, Northern Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, Pugnose Shiner, Pumpkinseed, Quillback, Rainbow Darter, Rainbow Smelt, Rock Bass, Rosyface Shiner, Round Goby, Sand Shiner, Sauger, Sea Lamprey, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Chub, Silver Lamprey, Silver Redhorse, Silver Shiner, Slimy Sculpin, Spoonhead Sculpin, Spotfin Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Spotted Gar, Spotted Sucker, Stonecat, Tadpole Madtom, Threespine Stickleback, Trout-Perch, Warmouth, White Bass, White Crappie, White Perch, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead
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Similar water
Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
- Lake Ontario (lac Ontario)58 shared species · 2,461,151 ac
- Lake Huron (lac Huron)48 shared species · 5,432,227 ac
- Little Lake48 shared species · 947 ac
- Lake Couchiching40 shared species · 11,225 ac
- Sturgeon Lake40 shared species · 10,843 ac
Nearby lakes
- Lake Whittaker47.1 mi · species data
- Lake Hunger63.5 mi · species data
- Shakespeare Pond79.7 mi · species data
- Levey Lake73.4 mi · species data
- Willow Lake71.0 mi · species data
- Silver Lake66.5 mi · species data