Neesh Lake
Making Connections
- Bushwhack North & West, 125 rods,
down Bezhik Creek, to Bezhik Lake
- Bushwhack Southwest, up Bezhik Creek, 80 rods
to Niswi
Maps
- Fisher
F-8, Vermilion,
Trout Lake, Vermilion River, Bootleg Lake; F-9, Cummings,
Big Moose, Fourtown Lakes
- McKenzie
No. 16, Burntside
Lake
Links
- DNR Lake No. 690321
- 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
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Description
Neesh is a small and shallow lake on
Bezhik Creek in the Moose River drainage, 23½ miles southeast of
Crane Lake and 16¼ miles northwest of Ely. Crudely triangular
in form, its 39 acres have a maximum depth of only 6'. Neesh has no
maintained portage connections and is accessible only by way of Bezhik Creek,
which enters on its southwestern shore, down from Niswi,
crossing the lake to exit along the northern shore, bound for Bezhik
Lake.
Most of the forest around Neesh burned in the great fire of 1910, with
older, remnant stands dating back to the fire years of 1863-64 and even
1755. The Independence Day windstorms of 1999 caused no significant
damage at Neesh.
Campsites
Neesh is not on any maintained route
and supports no established campsites.
Planning Considerations
Neesh is on a dead end spur route that
runs north out of Cummings through Neewin,
Niswi, and Neesh, to Bezhik.
The last maintained portage north of Cummings is that between Neewin and
Niswi.
Wildlife
Neesh supports populations of Northern
Pike (Esox lucius), White
Sucker (Catostomus commersoni),
and Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens).
Notes and Comments
Neesh is part of the less well known group of Number Lakes - not Lakes
One, Two,
Three, and Four
but, rather, Bezhik, Neesh, Niswi,
and Neewin, the Ojibwe Number Lakes. Neesh,
then, is "Lake Two".
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Last updated on
11 April, 2004
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