Bearhead Lake
46.3073° N, 82.9754° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Bearhead Lake, Ontario. 46.3073° N, 82.9754° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/bearhead-lake/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Fishing access points, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- Fisheries Management Zones, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- Lake Partner Program, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- Bathymetry lines and survey index, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Guide to Eating Ontario Fish: Advisory Database, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Bearhead Lake covers 2.65 km², making it larger than 85% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 6.3 km west of Blind River.
- Area
- 2.65 km²
- larger than 85% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 12.3 km
- longer than 79% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 5 mSecchi depth, 2017
- clearer than 79% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 213 m
Today on the water
9 °C
Observed at Blind River, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 8 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | var. 5 | NW 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 | SE 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | |||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm after midnight. Low 7.
Weather: Blind River (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:41 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:56 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:26 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:33 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:15 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Water
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 3 years between 2003 and 2017; the latest annual mean is 5 m.
Getting on the water
1 listed boat launch. marks launches on the map.
- Boat launch
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