Big Deer Lake - (Whitestone)

Average traveling time from the GTA to Big Deer Lake - (Whitestone) is 3 hours 15 min

	This Lake Median Lake Average Lake
Big Deer Lake is 160 hectares (395 Acres) in size The median size lake in our area is 71 hectares or 175 Acres (average size 398 hectares)	¹⁶⁰ ⁷¹ ³⁹⁸
Big Deer Lake has a maximum depth 18 meters (59 ft) The median depth of lakes in our area is 13.5 m or 44 ft (average depth 18 m)	¹⁸ ^13.5 ¹⁸
The median depth of Big Deer Lake is 3.20 m (10 ft)	^3.20 ^5.2 ⁷
Big Deer Lake Perimeter 16.00 km (9.94 Miles) The median perimiter of lakes in our area is 3.3 km or 2.05 miles (average Perimiter 3.61 km)	^16.00 ^3.3 ⁴
Big Deer Lake Island/s Perimeter 3.00 km (1.86 Miles)
Big Deer Lake Altitude 305 m (1001 ft) The median altitude of lakes in our area is 290 m or 951 ft (average Altitude is 289 m)	³⁰⁵ ²⁹⁰ ²⁸⁹
Big Deer Lake's watershed area feeding the Lake (excluding lake) 91.1 km² (22511 acres)
Drainage Basin of Big Deer Lake Ferrie River
Big Deer Lake's percentage of shoreline which is Crown Land 99 %
Big Deer Lake is in the Township of Ferrie
Local Name of Big Deer Lake is Ferrie Lake
Shoreline Development on Big Deer Lake is: low; recreation camp
Public Access to Big Deer Lake public; remote access by air and possibly ATV’s trails
Water Level Management not regulated
Major Fish Species in Big Deer Lake smallmouth bass (I), cisco ( cisco or lake herring ), yellow perch
Other Fish Species in Big Deer Lake ..common shiner, pumpkinseed , white sucker , bluntnose minnow, spottail shiner, blacknose shiner, lowa darter, rainbow smelt (I 2011), brown bullhead (2011)
MNR Fact Sheet for Big Deer Lake - (Whitestone)
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 Big Deer Lake is compliments of the Muskoka Water Web maintained by The District Municipality of Muskoka