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Splake Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded splake in 15 Ontario lakes, 1% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records. Another 300 lakes are known only from stocking records.

Lakes
315
Recorded since 2010
10
Stocked
308
Median size
0.34 km²
Median max depth
19 m
Latest record
2020

Where it is found

Most of these lakes are in Algoma (51), Nipissing (49) and Sudbury (35).

In these lakes the sport fish most often recorded alongside it are rainbow trout (8%), brook trout (5%), lake trout (4%) and pumpkinseed (4%).

308 of these lakes have been stocked with it. Stocking by lake, latest season.

Seasons, limits and sanctuaries vary by zone: check the Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary before you fish.

Anstruther LakeKennebec LakeOastler LakeOxtongue LakeSteenburg LakeWaseosa Lake
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Where splake is most consistently recorded

Ranked by consistency: the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval on the share of the lake’s surveys that found it. A lake where 18 of 20 surveys found it ranks above one where 1 of 1 did. Lakes known only from stocking come last.

#LakeSurveysLast recordStockedMax depth mArea km²
1Wolf LakeHaliburton4 of 5201520250.97
2Gourlay LakeCochrane3 of 420142024210.25
3Blackington LakeAlgoma3 of 420250.37
4Paquette LakeAlgoma4 of 620202026160.21
5Jimmy LakeAlgoma1 of 120172025150.14
6Peshu LakeAlgoma1 of 120144.1
7Grindstone LakeFrontenac3 of 72012201.61
8Allan LakeCochrane2 of 420132025430.17
9Hungry LakeFrontenac3 of 820132016322.71
10Mill PondGrey2 of 619850.14
11Genricks LakeRenfrew3 of 1520132025120.35
12Gong LakeAlgoma3 of 442008214.11
13Anstruther LakePeterborough1 of 162015396.47
14Kennebec LakeFrontenac1 of 18315.15
15Garden LakeAlgoma1 of 452008231.4
16Capre LakeGreater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury20240.43
17Harvey LakeHaliburton20250.58
18Indian LakeLeeds and Grenville2025262.85
19Loon Call LakePeterborough2025150.93
20Lower Raven LakeParry Sound2025150.42
21McCausland LakeFrontenac20250.37
22Oastler LakeParry Sound2022181.19
23Ryan LakeNipissing20240.51
24Stewart LakeMuskoka2023181.52
25Oxtongue LakeHaliburton2020242.47
26Twin LakesAlgoma202590.49
27Paint LakeMuskoka20161.57
28Lac RancourtCochrane20250.76
29Bullrush LakeThunder Bay20240.14
30Buckskin LakeHaliburton20250.12
31Buck LakeHastings20250.29
32Bruce LakeNipissing20240.23
33Brown LakeAlgoma2025210.38
34Brooks LakeLennox and Addington20250.38
35Clear LakeCochrane20250.34
36Brewer LakeNipissing20250.42
37Bremner LakeAlgoma20240.23
38Breeches LakeNipissing20250.46
39Boyer LakeAlgoma2023210.47
40Boy LakeParry Sound20180.39
41Bow LakePeterborough20250.21
42Blue LakeFrontenac20240.29
43Blue LakeNipissing20221.91
44Blueberry LakeCochrane20250.26
45Bluebelle LakeCochrane2025260.53
46Black LakeMuskoka20170.61
47Birch LakeSudbury20240.23
48Billy LakeNipissing20250.96
49Big Lighthouse LakeHastings20250.21
50Big East LakeHaliburton20241.47

Top 50 of 315 lakes. Download the full list (CSV). Source: Ontario’s Aquatic Resource Area survey summaries and fish stocking records (Ministry of Natural Resources, OGL-Ontario). Data as of October 9, 2026. A record means a survey caught or observed the species, not that it is abundant today.

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