Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay)

Baxter Lake is part of the Trent-Severn Maintained Watershed - The water does not fluctuate during its boating season (May 24th Long weekend through to October Thanksgiving) and barely does the rest of the year. Baxter also easily connects to Gloucester Pool through Little Go Home Bay. Easily travel beyond through Lock 45 into Georgian Bay. The Trent Severn Waterway itself is a 386 kilometres (240 mi)-long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to the Georgian Bay, (Lake Huron) at Port Severn. Its scenic, meandering route has been called “one of the finest interconnected systems of navigation in the world“.

Average traveling time from the GTA to Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay) is 1 hour 32 mins

	This Lake Median Lake Average Lake
Baxter Lake is 44 hectares (109 Acres) in size The median size lake in our area is 71 hectares or 175 Acres (average size 398 hectares)	⁴⁴ ⁷¹ ³⁹⁸
Baxter Lake has a maximum depth 23 meters (75 ft) The median depth of lakes in our area is 13.5 m or 44 ft (average depth 18 m)	²³ ^13.5 ¹⁸
Baxter Lake Perimeter 5.70 km (3.54 Miles) The median perimiter of lakes in our area is 3.3 km or 2.05 miles (average Perimiter 3.61 km)	^5.70 ^3.3 ⁴
Baxter Lake Island/s Perimeter 2.30 km (1.43 Miles)
Baxter Lake Altitude 183 m (600 ft) The median altitude of lakes in our area is 290 m or 951 ft (average Altitude is 289 m)	¹⁸³ ²⁹⁰ ²⁸⁹
Water Clarity of Baxter Lake (median 3.2 m) 3.20 m (10ft) The median Secchi Depth of lakes in our area is 3.2 m or 10 ft (average Secchi Depth is 3 m)	^3.20 ^3.2 ³
Drainage Basin of Baxter Lake Severn River
Baxter Lake's percentage of shoreline which is Crown Land 10 %
Baxter Lake is in the Township of Baxter
Shoreline Development on Baxter Lake is: moderate; shoreline residential
Public Access to Baxter Lake private
Water Level Management regulated: dam at outlet
Major Fish Species in Baxter Lake argemouth bass, smallmouth bass , rock bass , yellow perch , black crappie , northern pike , lake whitefish
Other Fish Species in Baxter Lake cisco, pumpkinseed , brown bullhead , white sucker , bluntnose minnow, brook silverside
MNR Fact Sheet for Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay)
Shoreline Land Use Map for Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay)
Notes: E: extirpated, I: introduced – intentional or accidental, O: occasional, R: remnant, S: currently stocked, ?: status uncertain, 2009: year of first record or introduction if known, blank: presumed native
Much of the above data for Baxter Lake is compliments of the Muskoka Water Web maintained by The District Municipality of Muskoka

Maps of Baxter Lake

Topographical Map of Baxter Lake in Georgian Bay

Topographical Map of Baxter Lake in Municipality of Georgian Bay and the District of Muskoka

Legend

Building as Symbol on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Buildings surrounding Baxter Lake
Building to Scale on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Buildings surrounding Baxter Lake
Conservation Area on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Conservation Area surrounding Baxter Lake
Contour on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Contours of land surrounding Baxter Lake
Index_Contour on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Index Contour
Rapids on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Rapids

Spot Height
Water Falls on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Water Falls
Water_Falls or Rapids on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Water Falls/Rapids
Waterbody Elevation on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Waterbody Elevation
Watercourse on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Watercourse
Wetland on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Wetland surrounding Baxter Lake
Wooded Area on Topo map of Baxter Lake

Wooded Area surrounding Baxter Lake

Zoning Map of Baxter Lake in Georgian Bay

Zoning Map of Baxter Lake in Municipality of Georgian Bay and the District of Muskoka

Crown Land Map of Baxter Lake in Georgian Bay

Crown Land Map of Baxter Lake in Municipality of Georgian Bay and the District of Muskoka

Legend for Crown Land Map

     Private Land surrounding Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay)
     Provincial Park surrounding Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay)
     Crown Land surrounding Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay) (General Use)
     Conservation Reserve surrounding Baxter Lake - (Georgian Bay)