Coo Lake
Making Connections
Maps
- Fisher
F-9, Cummings,
Big Moose, Fourtown Lakes
- McKenzie
No. 16, Burntside
Lake
Links
- DNR Lake No. 690173
- Lake Map No. N/A
- Lake Table No. 1
- MDH Fish Consumption
Advisory - N/A
- MPCA Water Quality
- N/A
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Scale 1:21420
Full image approximately 2
miles square |
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Description
Coo is a very small, relatively deep
lake in the Vermilion basin, 31.25 miles southeast of Crane Lake and 9¾
miles WSW of Ely. Barely a quarter mile across, Coo's 20 acres have
a maximum depth of 25', with most of the lake bottom in the deep water zone
below 15'. Water clarity has been measured at 6½'.
Coo is located in a roadless area of the Superior National Forest but
is entirely outside the boundaries of the BWCAW. Access is by bushwhacking
in from the shores of Burntside. Maps
show no portage trail but if an "unofficial" one exists we'd love to hear
about it.
The Independence Day windstorms of 1999 did not affect the Coo area.
Campsites
Coo supports no established campsites,
but is outside the BWCAW and subject to the less restrictive camping requirements
of the Superior National Forest.
Planning Considerations
Coo is a tough bushwhack on the way to
nowhere. If you do get in to Coo send us a photo. We'll publish
it here. (It's the only way most BWCA paddlers will get to see this
lake.)
Wildlife
Coo supports populations of Northern Pike
(Esox lucius), White Sucker
(Catostomus commersoni),
and Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens).
Notes and Comments
With a name like Coo, there just has to be
a story. Anyone know it? |
Last updated on
11 April, 2004
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