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Duck Lake

Parry Sound District, Ontario · MNRF bathymetric survey
18.3m Mapped depth
60 ft
85 ha 4 contours
Paddling Index32ModestMedium confidencesheltered geometry
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The lake

Survey readout

Duck Lake is mapped to a depth of 18.3 m (60 ft) on the Ontario MNRF survey and covers about 85 ha (211 acres) in Parry Sound District, Ontario. Depths come from the Ontario MNRF survey of 1969.

Measured from the Ontario MNRF bathymetry survey.

Deepest mapped contour
18.3 m (60 ft)
Survey year
1969
Surface area
85 ha (211 acres)
Shoreline
7.1 km (4.4 mi) · irregular
Fishing access
No MNRF fishing access point listed within 100 m (the list is incomplete)
Additional depth details4 contours
Contour depths
0–18.3 m (60 ft)
Deep-spot markers
18.3 m (60 ft)
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Chart data

Provenance

Sources: Ontario MNRF / LIO Bathymetry, Ontario FRI Leaf-On Imagery, Ontario FRI LiDAR DTM, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

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Map details & sources5 sources

All layers registered to one bounding box; positions in WGS 84.

Survey-derived depth contours drape over Ontario LiDAR (FRI DTM) elevation, with a Ontario FRI aerial basemap and OpenStreetMap shoreline. Colour shows surveyed depth; dark lines are the survey's own isobaths.

Coordinates
45.38143, -79.79906
MNRF lake ID
17-5937-50257
Vertical exaggeration
1.64×
Basemap
Ontario FRI
Model size
1.4 MB

Check the source: this lake’s record (17-5937-50257) in the Ontario MNRF bathymetry index, and the contour line layer the map is drawn from (Land Information Ontario open data, Open Government Licence – Ontario). Survey year: 1969. This model was built 2026-09-06. Depths between contours are interpolated, not measured.

Paddling

Paddling Index methodology v1.0 · calculated 2026-09-16
32 / 100ModestData confidence: Medium

Duck Lake has a substantially developed setting, generally sheltered geometry, nearby higher-volume roads.

Why this score?5 components

Included in the index

ComponentRatingPoints of weightMeasurement
Natural settingModest0.9 of 4325% natural land cover within 150 m of shore (24% forest, 0% wetland; 66% developed)
Geometric wind exposureVery Good25.5 of 36mean fetch 814 m · 7% of sampled water within 500 m of shelter · generally short fetch
Motor & speed rulesNot modelled—Canada publishes vessel motor and speed restrictions as federal legal schedules, not map data, so they are not part of the Ontario index. Check local signage and Transport Canada rules before going out.
Public accessNot listed—No publicly listed MNRF fishing access point within 100 m of this shoreline. Municipal, private and informal launches are not all in this source, so this is not evidence that access is poor — the component is excluded and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Road isolationMixed5.5 of 21nearby higher-volume roads · 66 Ontario Road Network segments within 1.2 km (traffic estimated from road class, not measured)

Additional paddling considerations

These describe the lake but are not part of the v1 Paddling Index and do not change the number above.

Wake sensitivity
Low — wide enough that wakes disperse over most of the lake
Observed motorized activity
Unknown — No lake-level measurement of boat traffic is available. Legal permission to operate motors is not evidence of use.
Wildlife habitat potential
Limited — 24% forest and 0% wetland cover within 150 m of shore
Mapped wildlife habitat
None mapped — Ontario MNRF has not mapped moose, deer or waterfowl habitat within 1 km of this lake. The province maps these areas where it has surveyed, so this is not evidence that wildlife is absent. · Ontario MNRF Wildlife Values Area. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
How this index is calculated. The Paddling Index is a relative composite derived from lake geometry and public land-cover, access and road-network data. It is not a user review, a safety rating, or a prediction of an individual outing. Differences of a few points should not be treated as meaningful — an 84 and an 82 are broadly comparable. Components and weights for Ontario lakes: natural setting 35%, geometric wind exposure 29%, public access 18%, road isolation 18%. Motor and speed restrictions are not modelled for Ontario, and road traffic is estimated from road class, not measured. Where a component has no data the remaining weights are renormalized and the confidence rating is lowered; below Medium confidence no number is shown. Ontario scores are relative to other Ontario lakes and are not directly comparable with Paddling Index scores on our sister sites, which use different data sources and include a watercraft-rules component. Sources: Ontario MNRF bathymetry outline (0 m contour or survey index polygon), Ontario Land Cover v1.0, Ontario MNRF (Open Government Licence – Ontario) (2020) and Ontario Road Network (Open Government Licence – Ontario); traffic estimated by road class, not measured (2026-09). Conditions change quickly — check current weather and local conditions before going out.

Angler catch reports

Fish ON-Line · 2016

One angler has logged a trip here: 1 lake trout, fished from a boat, in July 2016.

Pictures are sized relative to each other. Illustrations are AI-generated representative adults in everyday colours, not photographs (provenance).

This is a single angler’s report — a snapshot of one trip, not a picture of the whole lake.

Trips are logged voluntarily by anglers in Ontario’s Fish ON-Line app. This is what people report catching, not a Ministry survey, and a species nobody has logged may still be here. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Source: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Fish ON-Line. A logged catch does not mean it is legal to catch or keep: check the Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary for this lake’s zone and exceptions.
Quick answers

Duck Lake — common questions

How deep is Duck Lake?

The deepest contour on the Ontario MNRF bathymetric survey of Duck Lake is 18.3 m (60 ft). That is the deepest depth the historical survey map records, which may differ from the deepest point of the lake itself.

How big is Duck Lake?

Duck Lake covers about 85 ha (211 acres) in Parry Sound District, Ontario.

Is there public access to Duck Lake?

No fishing access point for Duck Lake appears in the Ontario MNRF fishing access point list (within 100 m of the shoreline). That is not the same as the lake being private -- the MNRF list is incomplete, and many municipal, marina and private launches are not in it.