West Little Lake
44.9487° N, 81.3463° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)West Little Lake, Ontario. 44.9487° N, 81.3463° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/west-little-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.
- 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).
West Little Lake covers 0.26 km², making it smaller than 71% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 1.5 km west of Spry.
Government surveys have recorded 19 fish species here, including pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch.
- Area
- 0.26 km²
- smaller than 71% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 2.1 km
- shorter than 89% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 0.9 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 99% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Fish species
- 19
- more than 96% of the 2,454 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 184 m
Today on the water
5.8 °C
Observed at South Bruce Peninsula, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NE 10 | E 10 | SE 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | |||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 4.
Weather: South Bruce Peninsula (local forecast), as of 4:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:04 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:33 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:50 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:20 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:26 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:09 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 3 government surveys (1971–1999) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (14)
Forage fish
- Banded Killifish 2
- Alewife 1
- Blacknose Shiner 1
- Bluntnose Minnow 1
- Brook Stickleback 1
- Central Mudminnow 1
- Fathead Minnow 1
- Finescale Dace 1
- Iowa Darter 1
- Mimic Shiner 1
- Northern Redbelly Dace 1
- Rainbow Smelt 1
Other
- Common Carp 1
- White Sucker 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Fisheries Management Zone 16. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Water
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 8 years between 2018 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 0.9 m.
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