Kettle's Lake
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Kettle's Lake is mapped to a depth of 4.6 m (15 ft) on the Ontario MNRF survey and covers about 27 ha (67 acres) in Simcoe County, Ontario. Depths come from the Ontario MNRF survey of 1968.
Measured from the Ontario MNRF bathymetry survey.
- Deepest mapped contour
- 4.6 m (15 ft)
- Survey year
- 1968
- Surface area
- 27 ha (67 acres)
- Shoreline
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi) · lobed
- Fishing access
- No MNRF launch listed · check with Awenda Provincial Park
- In
- Awenda Provincial Park · Ontario Parks
Additional depth details4 contours
- Contour depths
- 0–4.6 m (15 ft)
- Deep-spot markers
- 4.6 m (15 ft)
Provenance
Sources: Ontario MNRF / LIO Bathymetry, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (Sentinel-2), processed by ontariolakedepths.com, Copernicus DEM 30 m (© DLR/Airbus).
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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 Copernicus DEM (30 m) elevation, with a Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite basemap and OpenStreetMap shoreline. Colour shows surveyed depth; dark lines are the survey's own isobaths.
- Coordinates
- 44.84410, -79.97830
- MNRF lake ID
- 17-5808-49659
- Vertical exaggeration
- 3.0× below the waterline; land at true scale
- Basemap
- Copernicus Sentinel-2 · ESA, via Microsoft Planetary Computer
- Model size
- 0.5 MB
Check the source: this lake’s record (17-5808-49659) 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: 1968. This model was built 2026-09-14. Depths between contours are interpolated, not measured.
Paddling
Paddling Index methodology v1.0 · calculated 2026-09-16Kettle's Lake has a heavily wooded and largely undeveloped setting, generally sheltered geometry, limited nearby major-road exposure.
Why this score?5 components
Included in the index
| Component | Rating | Points of weight | Measurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural setting | Excellent | 40.5 of 43 | 92% natural land cover within 150 m of shore (59% forest, 32% wetland; 1% developed) |
| Geometric wind exposure | Very Good | 29.6 of 36 | mean fetch 630 m · 16% of sampled water within 500 m of shelter · generally short fetch |
| Motor & speed rules | Not 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 access | Not 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 isolation | Very Good | 15.8 of 21 | limited nearby major-road exposure · 29 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
- High — 59% forest and 32% wetland cover within 150 m of shore
- Mapped wildlife habitat
- Mapped — Ontario MNRF has mapped deer wintering areas and waterfowl staging or nursery area within 1 km of this lake. These are habitat records from provincial surveys, not animal counts; areas with nothing mapped may still hold wildlife. · Ontario MNRF Wildlife Values Area. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
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Angler catch reports
Fish ON-Line · 2017–2025What anglers say they caught here, logged trip by trip in Ontario’s Fish ON-Line app — most recently in August 2025.
Pictures are sized relative to each other. Illustrations are AI-generated representative adults in everyday colours, not photographs (provenance).
How people fish it: boat 80% · shore 20%
Catch rate: about 2.0 fish an hour, all species together (5 trips, 12 hours logged)
Kept: 25% of the fish reported; the rest were released
About these fish → the Fish of Ontario guide
Kettle's Lake — common questions
How deep is Kettle's Lake?
The deepest contour on the Ontario MNRF bathymetric survey of Kettle's Lake is 4.6 m (15 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 Kettle's Lake?
Kettle's Lake covers about 27 ha (67 acres) in Simcoe County, Ontario.
Is there public access to Kettle's Lake?
No fishing access point for Kettle's Lake appears in the Ontario MNRF fishing access point list (within 100 m of the shoreline), but Kettle's Lake lies inside Awenda Provincial Park (Ontario Parks), which runs its own facilities and is not covered by that data. Check with the park for launch details.
