Trout Lake is a

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in municipalities of East Ferris and North Bay,

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, approximately east of the much larger Lake Nipissing. Trout Lake is the source of the

Mattawa River The Mattawa River is a river in central Ontario, Canada. It flows east from Trout Lake east of North Bay and enters the Ottawa River at the town of Mattawa. Counting from the head of Trout Lake, it is 76 km in length. The river's name come ...

and a significant body of water on a well-known historic North American voyageur (fur-trading) route. It is about long and wide and exits eastward into the Mattawa River, which flows via the

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...

to the

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. Some of the most difficult portages are found on this part of the voyageur route between Trout Lake and the end of the Mattawa River, e.g., Portage de Mauvaise Musique, located at the Talon Chute (named after explorer and voyageur Jean Talon).

Water reservoir

The City of North Bay (population approx 54,000) draws its drinking water from Trout Lake. While the urban core of North Bay is located primarily between Trout Lake and Lake Nipissing, the city limits contain the lake's entire northern shore. Much of the lake's southern shore is located within the township of East Ferris.

Seaplane Base

North Bay Water Aerodrome North Bay Water Aerodrome is located on Trout Lake, adjacent to North Bay, Ontario, Canada. See also * North Bay/Jack Garland Airport North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located at Hornell H ...

( CNH7) is a

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base located near the western end of the lake.

Campbell disappearance

In October 2006, a long-time unsolved mystery of a couple who disappeared from their Trout Lake cabin in the spring of 1956 was solved. Margaret and Allen Campbell, along with their family dog, went missing on May 25, 1956 under mysterious conditions. It was believed that Mr. and Mrs. Campbell went out in their fibreglass boat from the shore, encountered trouble and presumably drowned, but search teams in 1956 were unable to find their bodies or their boat. This mystery also amplified the belief in the legend of the Trout Lake Monster.

Bays

* Delaney Bay * Dugas Bay *

Four Mile Bay Four Mile Bay is a bay on Trout Lake in the city of North Bay, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The bay is about long, and is separated from the rest of Trout Lake by an equally long peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a land ...

* Milnes Bay * One Mile Bay

Islands

* Camp Island * Cedar Island * Dave Island * Dellview Island * Dunn Island * Falconbridge Island * Fitzsimmons Island * Hemlock Island * Hughes Island * Joe Island * Little Joe Island * Louisville Island * Murdoch Island * Payne Island * Poplar Island * Rolph Island * Shaftesbury Island * Sunset Island * Three Sisters Islands * Trout Island

Tributaries

* Doran Creek * Four Mile Creek * Hogan Creek * Lees Creek

References

* * {{refend Landforms of North Bay, Ontario Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Lakes of Nipissing District