Gowan Lake
Making Connections
Maps
- Fisher
F-8, Vermilion,
Trout Lake, Vermilion River, Bootleg Lake
- McKenzie
No. 15, Trout Lake
Links
- DNR Lake No. 690454
- 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
Gowan is a relatively small, shallow
lake in the Trout Lake basin of the Vermilion drainage,
19½ miles SSE of Crane Lake and 21½ miles WNW of Ely.
A rough oval ¾ mile long and but ½ mile across, its 158 acres
have a maximum depth of only 13', though with a measured water clarity of
8'.
The Independence Day windstorms of 1999 left a swath of downed timber
to the south of Gowan, with the loss in the forest beyond the southern
shore estimated at 34% to 66%.
Campsites
Gowan supports a single established campsite,
on its southern shore.
Planning Considerations
Gowan is something of a dead end, northeast
up Gowan Creek from Little Trout and Big
Trout beyond.
Wildlife
Gowan supports populations of Northern
Pike (Esox lucius), Walleye
(Stizostedion vitreum),
White Sucker (Catostomus
commersoni), and Yellow Perch (Perca
flavescens).
Notes and Comments
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Last updated on
11 April, 2004
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