Map of Crooked Lakes with depth contours

Crooked Lakes

46.6675° N, 84.1136° W

Depth contours from the 1971 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Crooked Lakes is 28 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 77% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 0.87 km² and lies 5.8 km southeast of Northland.

Maximum depth
28 msurveyed 1971
deeper than 77% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
Area
0.87 km²
larger than 64% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Shoreline
9.5 km
longer than 72% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Elevation
382 m

Today on the water

10.6 °C

Partly CloudyWind NW 23 km/h

Observed at Sault Ste. Marie, as of 9:00 a.m. EDT

calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time10 a.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.1 a.m.4 a.m.7 a.m.
Wind km/hvar. 5W 20W 20var. 5SE 10SE 10SE 10SE 20
Gusts km/h404040
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.10.10.1
Temp. °C111213118469
Precip. %100000000

Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers early this morning. Becoming sunny this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 13. UV index 3 or moderate.

Weather: Sault Ste. Marie (local forecast), as of 9:01 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:15 a.m.
Sunrise
7:46 a.m.
Sunset
7:00 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:30 p.m.
Moonrise
6:38 a.m.
Moonset
6:19 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Sault Ste. Marie, as of 9:00 a.m. EDT

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Depth

45% of Crooked Lakes is shallower than 3 m, and 19% is deeper than 10 m.

How to read it: the lake’s area is sorted from the shore to the deepest point. Where the curve is flat, large areas share one depth (flats and weed beds); where it drops, depth changes quickly (drop-offs).

The government depth survey from 1971 records a maximum depth of 28 m, drawn from 74 depth contours.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.