Lake Scugog

Lake Scugog was created in 1829 when a dam was built across the Scugog River at Lindsay, raising water in the basin between six and eight feet, and its name comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "marshy waters." Before the flooding, the area was mainly wetland, with a narrow river winding through thick stands of wild rice and cranberries harvested by the native Mississaugas. Part of the Kawartha Lakes water system, it flows north to the Scugog River, which feeds Sturgeon Lake and the rest of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The lake is 23.55 kilometres long, 5.8 kilometres at its widest, with a total shoreline of 172 kilometres, and its watershed covers 533.7 square kilometres. It has a surface area of 63.5 square kilometres, an average depth of 1.4 metres, and a maximum depth of 7.6 metres, while its depth, area, and volume are still artificially maintained through the Lindsay Dam. Lake Scugog is a warm water lake with fish including largemouth bass, walleye, crappie, muskie, perch, carp, catfish, rock bass, smallmouth bass, and minnows, and it is also known in southern Ontario for a robust ice fishing season from January 1 to March 1.

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