Pilot Lake

Kenora District, Ontario · MNRF bathymetric survey

7m Mapped depth
23 ft

596 ha 7 contours

Paddling Index75GoodMedium confidenceaway from major roads · wooded shoreline

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The lake

Survey readout

Pilot Lake is mapped to a depth of 7 m (23 ft) on the Ontario MNRF survey and covers about 596 ha (1,474 acres) in Kenora District, Ontario.

Measured from the Ontario MNRF bathymetry survey.

Deepest mapped contour: 7 m (23 ft)
Surface area: 596 ha (1,474 acres)
Shoreline: 22.3 km (13.9 mi) · irregular
Fishing access: No MNRF fishing access point listed within 100 m (the list is incomplete)

Additional depth details7 contours

Contour depths: 0–7 m (23 ft)
Deep-spot markers: 7 m (23 ft)

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Location

Kenora District, Ontario · 15 nearest of 496 lakes and 7 rivers · tap a dot to open it

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: 50.68967, -92.09107
MNRF lake ID: 15-5649-56154
Vertical exaggeration: 3.48× below the waterline; land at true scale
Basemap: Ontario FRI
Model size: 1.4 MB

Check the source: this lake’s record (15-5649-56154) 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: not recorded in the source. This model was built 2026-09-28. Depths between contours are interpolated, not measured.

Paddling

Paddling Index methodology v1.0 · calculated 2026-09-16

75 / 100GoodData confidence: Medium

Pilot Lake has a heavily wooded and largely undeveloped setting, moderate open-water exposure, little nearby major-road exposure.

Why this score?5 components

Included in the index

Component	Rating	Points of weight	Measurement
Natural setting	Excellent	42.4 of 43	98% natural land cover within 150 m of shore (87% forest, 10% wetland; 0% developed)
Geometric wind exposure	Good	10.9 of 36	mean fetch 2,159 m · 0% of sampled water within 500 m of shelter · moderate open-water 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	Excellent	21.4 of 21	relatively isolated from major roads · 0 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 — 87% forest and 10% 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.

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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.

Quick answers

Pilot Lake — common questions

How deep is Pilot Lake?

The deepest contour on the Ontario MNRF bathymetric survey of Pilot Lake is 7 m (23 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 Pilot Lake?

Pilot Lake covers about 596 ha (1,474 acres) in Kenora District, Ontario.

Is there public access to Pilot Lake?

No fishing access point for Pilot 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.

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