Wahwashkesh Lake

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lake_name = Wahwashkesh Lake
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location = Parry Sound District, Ontario
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area = 17.21 km² (4,253 acres)
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Wahwashkesh Lake is the largest lake in the Parry Sound District of Ontario, with 1,721 hectares (4,253 acres) of surface area and over 106 km of shoreline. Approximately 30% of the shoreline property is Crown Land. The lake has two distinct basins: (1) the north basin or "Top Lake" is the smaller of the two, and (2) the south basin is the "Big Lake". Wahwashkesh is part of the Magnetawan River System, and the lake is renowned for an extremely severe spring freshet with the lake levels often rising 3 to 4 meters above the control dam at the outlet of the river.

The lake has a diverse fishery with over 12 species of sport fish, including naturally recruited Lake Trout and reports of Blue Walleye. In addition, Wahwashkesh is famous for its Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora. The lake ranks in the top five of all lakes in Ontario for such flora, which the Natural Heritage League and the World Wildlife Fund documented extensively in a 1989 study.

References

*"Municipality of Whitestone Official Plan: Section 17.10. (2004). Wahwashkesh Lake." Retrieved November 1, 2006, from http://www.whitestone.ca/official_plan_17-0.html

Links

Lake Wah-Wash-Kesh Conservation Association: http://lakewwk.ca