Oriniack Lake
Making Connections
- Portage Southeast, 170 rods, to Trout
Maps
- Fisher
F-8, Vermilion,
Trout Lake, Vermilion River, Bootleg Lake
- McKenzie
No. 15, Trout Lake
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Scale 1:21420
Full image approximately 2
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Description
Oriniack is a large, relatively shallow
lake in the Vermilion River drainage, 18¾ miles SSE of Crane Lake
and 24¾ miles WNW of Ely. Elongated along a SW/NE axis 3 miles
in length, its 762 acres have a maximum depth of only 17', with a measured
water clarity of 8' (Sechi disk).
Near the north end of the lake, Hilda Creek begins its meandering 15 mile
course north, then west, to the Vermilion River. Along Oriniack's
southeastern shore, an up-and-over portage of just over ½ mile heads
to the southeast, gaining some 85' of elevation to the crest of the trail,
then dropping back some 75' to the northwest end of big Trout
Lake.
The Oriniack area was not seriously affected by the Independence Day
windstorms of 1999 though more significant damage was sustained just to
the south in the Trout Lake area.
Campsites
Oriniack supports four established campsites.
Planning Considerations
Oriniack is something of a deadend lake,
tucked up tight against the BWCAW boundary just to the northwest of Trout.
Wildlife
Oriniack supports populations of Northern
Pike (Esox lucius), Rock
Bass (Ambloplites rupestris),
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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