Map/Lakes/Southern & Central Ontario
Sturgeon Lake
Surface area
10,843 ac4,388 ha
Max depth
35 ft10.6 m
Mean depth
13 ft3.87 m
Water type
Warm-water
Mgmt zone
FMZ 17
Shoreline
83 mi133 km
Depth map
None on file
Sturgeon Lake is the 25th-largest of 4,097 named lakes in Southern & Central Ontario, with 83 miles of charted shoreline and 42 islands. Its 35 ft maximum depth is greater than 49% of depth-surveyed lakes in the region.
Fish species
From MNRF aquatic resource surveys.
Also present: Banded Killifish, Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Shiner, Blackside Darter, Bluegill, Bluntnose Minnow, Brook Silverside, Brook Stickleback, Brown Bullhead, Burbot, Carps and Minnows, Channel Catfish, Cisco, Common Carp, Common Shiner, Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fallfish, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Redhorse, Golden Shiner, Hornyhead Chub, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Johnny Darter x Tesselated Darter, Lake Sturgeon, Lepomis sp., Logperch, Longnose Sucker, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shorthead Redhorse, Spotfin Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Striped Shiner, Trout-Perch, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead
Lodges & operators0
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Similar water
Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
- Balsam Lake35 shared species · 11,774 ac
- Lake Scugog34 shared species · 16,436 ac
- Lake Couchiching31 shared species · 11,225 ac
- Little Lake31 shared species · 947 ac
- Lake Ontario (lac Ontario)31 shared species · 2,461,151 ac
Nearby lakes
- Cameron Lake6.8 mi · species data
- Balsam Lake11.3 mi · species data
- Pigeon Lake10.7 mi · species data
- Four Mile Lake15.3 mi · species data
- Silver Lake16.1 mi · species data
- Raven Lake14.9 mi · species data