Little Sand Lake
50.0363° N, 94.6847° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Little Sand Lake, Ontario. 50.0363° N, 94.6847° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/little-sand-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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Ontario Waterbody Location Identifier, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Little Sand Lake covers 32.4 km², making it larger than 98% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies beside Minaki.
- Area
- 32.4 km²
- larger than 98% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 132 km
- longer than 98% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 2.2 mSecchi depth, 2012
- less clear than 82% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 314 m
Today on the water
6 °C
Observed at Kenora, as of 8:00 a.m. CDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 4 p.m., wind from the southeast: the southeast shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northwest shore.
| Time | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | S 10 | S 15 | E 10 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Precip. % | 20 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of rain this afternoon. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this afternoon. High 14. UV index 2 or low.
Weather: Kenora (local forecast), as of 8:02 a.m. CDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:31 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:39 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:11 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:24 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 6 years between 1999 and 2012; the latest annual mean is 2.2 m.