Merpaw Lake
Lake Trout opens Thu, Jan 1 — it lies 73 km west of Eabametoong First Nation, and the nearest road is 29 miles off — this is fly-in water.
Merpaw Lake is the 1112th-largest of 1,629 named lakes in Ontario Far North, with 3.7 miles of charted shoreline and 1 island.
MNRF aquatic resource surveys
Fish species
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Lodges & operators 0
No lodge is based on Merpaw Lake itself. These are the closest that are — each on its own water, with the straight-line distance from here.
- Miminiska Lodge✓ Verifiedlodgefly-inamerican17 mi away
Home water: Miminiska Lake
Wilderness North's flagship full-service fly-in lodge, roughly 235 miles north of Thunder Bay where the Albany River widens into Miminiska Lake. Guests fly in from Thunder Bay for lake-and-river walleye and northern pike plus a well-regarded brook trout fishery, with all meals, boat and motor, and daily housekeeping included; it is also the base for the company's fly-fishing itineraries.
2026 regulations
Seasons & limitsFMZ 2
- Special limit on this water — Lake Trout: Refer to zone-wide seasons and limits · C - 0 · S - 1 (Merpaw Lake (51°38'53"N., 88°58'13"W.))
Ice-out here is typically mid May (modeled from regional ice records).
| Species | Season | Sport licence | Conservation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Trout | Jan. 1 - Sept. 30 | S - 2, not more than 1 greater than 56 cm (22 in.) from Sept. 1 - Sept. 30; no size limit rest of year | C - 1, any size |
Compiled from MNRF Recreational Fishing Regulations open data (2026 season, zone-wide rules shown for this lake's species). Regulations change by variation order — confirm with the official FMZ 2 summary before you fish.
Comparable trips
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Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
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- Wapisipi Lake1 shared species · 381 ac
- Premier Lake1 shared species · 382 ac
- McGruer Lake1 shared species · 182 ac
- Nemakwis Lake1 shared species · 764 ac
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