Yoho lake is a lake located in

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. It is near the capital,

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, and to the village of Hanwell. It has an average depth of , but a maximum depth of It has one major outlet, the

Yoho Stream Yoho or Yo Ho may refer to: *'' Yoho Ahoy'', British children's television series *Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada * Yoho Lake in New Brunswick, Canada * Yoho Mall in Yuen Long, Hong Kong * Yoho Town in Yuen Long, Hong Kong *''Yo Ho ...

, which flows into the

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Wildlife

Fish found in the lake include:

Yellow Perch The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samu ...

Rainbow Trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...

Atlantic Salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...

Striped bass The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has al ...

, Smallmouth bass,

redbreast sunfish The redbreast sunfish (''Lepomis auritus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United Sta ...

, of which it is the most northern source worldwide, and many others. It is known for having an abundance of Common Loons.

Cyanobacteria outbreaks

In 2020, a

blue-green algae Cyanobacteria (), also known as Cyanophyta, are a phylum of gram-negative bacteria that obtain energy via photosynthesis. The name ''cyanobacteria'' refers to their color (), which similarly forms the basis of cyanobacteria's common name, blu ...

bloom was discovered in the lake. It is unknown if any toxins were produced, but since then, two smaller ones had happened. The first 2020 one was also relatively small, compared to the effects in other lakes in the region.

References

{{reflist Lakes of New Brunswick Landforms of York County, New Brunswick