Lake Superior (lac Supérieur)
One lake, 8 charted basins — combined figures below.
Surface area
7,097,211 ac2,872,086 ha
Max depth
1332 ft406 m
Shoreline
3,147 mi5065 km
Depth map
None on file
Lake Superior (lac Supérieur) is the largest of 4,241 named lakes in Superior Country, with 3,147 miles of charted shoreline and 2,014 islands. Its 1332 ft maximum depth is greater than 100% of depth-surveyed lakes in the region.
Fish species
From MNRF aquatic resource surveys.
Also present: Alewife, American Brook Lamprey, American Eel, Atlantic Salmon, Black Bullhead, Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Bloater, Bluegill, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Brook Silverside, Brook Stickleback, Brown Bullhead, Brown Trout, Burbot, COTTIDAE hybrids, Central Mudminnow, Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Cisco, Coho Salmon, Common Carp, Common Shiner, Cottus sp., Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Fourhorn Sculpin, Fourspine Stickleback, Freshwater Drum, Freshwater Tubenose Goby, Gizzard Shad, Golden Shiner, Goldfish, Hornyhead Chub, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Kiyi, Lake Chub, Lake Sturgeon, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Longnose Sucker, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Moxostoma sp., Ninespine Stickleback, Northern Brook Lamprey, Northern Pearl Dace, Northern Redbelly Dace, Notropis sp., Perches, Pikes, Pink Salmon, Pugnose Shiner, Pumpkinseed, Pygmy Whitefish, Rainbow Smelt, Rainbow Trout, Rhinichthys sp., River Redhorse, Rock Bass, Rosyface Shiner, Round Goby, Round Whitefish, Ruffe, Salmo sp., Salmon and Trout subfamily, Sand Shiner, Sauger, Sculpins, Sea Lamprey, Shorthead Redhorse, Shortjaw Cisco, Silver Lamprey, Silver Redhorse, Slimy Sculpin, Splake, Spoonhead Sculpin, Spottail Shiner, Sticklebacks, Stonecat, Suckers, Tadpole Madtom, Threespine Stickleback, Trout-Perch, White Perch, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead
Lodges & operators0
No operators recorded on this lake yet. Know one? It may be listed under a nearby community — browse the map.
Stocking history
MNRF recreational fish stocking recorded for this water.
| Year | Species | Fish stocked |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lake Trout | 75 |
| 2020 | Lake Trout | 50 |
| 2019 | Lake Trout | 175 |
Similar water
Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
- Sturgeon Lake33 shared species · 60,470 ac
- Long Lake25 shared species · 33,534 ac
- Savant Lake23 shared species · 31,410 ac
- Squeers Lake23 shared species · 923 ac
- McCrea Lake22 shared species · 10,041 ac
Nearby lakes
- Pipe Lake7.1 mi · species data
- Jackfish Lake13.9 mi · species data
- Missing Lake18.3 mi · species data
- Little Trout Lake19.7 mi · species data
- Mishibishu Lake23.3 mi · species data
- Augusta Lake24.7 mi · species data