Sox Lake
48.8794° N, 87.4244° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Sox Lake, Ontario. 48.8794° N, 87.4244° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/sox-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.
- Aquatic Resource Area survey 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.
- 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).
Sox Lake covers 0.81 km², making it larger than 62% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 8.8 km east of Pays Plat.
Government surveys have recorded 6 fish species here, including brook trout and burbot.
- Area
- 0.81 km²
- larger than 62% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 7.3 km
- longer than 64% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Fish species
- 6
- more than 57% of the 2,454 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 300 m
Today on the water
0.2 °C
Observed at Terrace Bay, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 6 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 10 | W 10 | SW 10 | SW 15 | var. 5 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | |||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.
Weather: Terrace Bay (local forecast), as of 5:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:29 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:01 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:11 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:43 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:53 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:30 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 1 government surveys (2018–2018) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (4)
Forage fish
- Finescale Dace 1
- Northern Pearl Dace 1
- Trout-Perch 1
Other
- White Sucker 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Fisheries Management Zone 7. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
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