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Lake of the Woods is a natural lake near the crest of the Cascade Range in the Fremont–Winema National Forest in southern Oregon in the United States. The lake covers 1,146 acres (4.64 km 2). It was named by Oliver C. Applegate in 1870. Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife manages the lake's fishery.
Lake of the Woods is home to walleye, northern pike, perch, sauger, crappie, panfish, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, lake trout, lake sturgeon, and muskellunge. Lake of the Woods is nicknamed the "Walleye capital of the world". The lake is the host of year-round fishing, with ice fishing being a popular recreation activity on the lake.
Lake of the Woods Provincial Park is a provincial park in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It protects several islands in Lake of the Woods , in both Kenora and Rainy River Districts . [ 2 ] It was established in 1967 and expanded with 11,800 hectares (29,000 acres) in 1985. [ 4 ]
Other wildlife in the park include eastern black bears, northeastern coyotes, Hudson Bay minks, fishers, North American river otters and the rarely seen American marten. [4] Eastern wolves have also been sighted in this park. [4] The shoreline of Lake of the Woods attract a wide variety of shorebirds, water fowl and birds of prey.
Garden Island State Recreation Area is a 734-acre (297 ha) unit of the Minnesota state park system in the Lake of the Woods, 19 nautical miles (35 km) from Zippel Bay State Park, near the northernmost part of Minnesota, the Northwest Angle.
Geography; Location: Beltrami, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, and Roseau counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,076 feet (328 m): Area: 142,331 acres (57,599 ha): Administration; Established: 1990: Governing body: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us /state _forests /sft00058 /index.html: Ecology; WWF Classification: Western Great ...
Lake of the Woods was created in 1967 by Virginia Wildlife Clubs, a subsidiary of U.S. Land, Inc., and subsequently bought and developed into single family owner occupied housing by Boise Cascade Corporation. The Lake of the Woods Association, Inc. assumed ownership of the common areas and control in 1972. [3]
The Forest Service issued the first residential use permit for a private cabin in the Lake of the Woods area in 1916. In 1920, the Forest Service built a public campground at the lake. The site was very popular, with 1,850 summer visitors using the campground the first year it open. In 1923, the road into the Lake of the Woods area was improved.