Otter Lake
Making Connections
- Portage East, 5 rods, to Cummings
- Portage Northwest, 120 rods, down the Little
Indian Sioux
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. 690326
- Lake Map No. C5080
- 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
Otter is a small, relatively shallow
lake at the head of the Little Indian Sioux, 24½ miles southeast
of Crane Lake and 15½ miles WNW of Ely. Its 78 acres
have a maximum depth of 17'. Out of its northwestern corner, a 120
rod portage follows the left bank of the Little Indian Sioux, bypassing
the rapids that mark the beginnings of that stream. At its far eastern
end, a short, 5 rod tossover connects Otter with much bigger Cummings.
Much of the forest surrounding Otter was spared the strong downburst
winds of the Independence Day windstorms of 1999. The area south
of the lake, between it and the long southwest arm of Cummings, was hardest
hit, with damage estimated at 34% to 66% tree loss. Some blowdown also
occured on the point to the west of the campsite..
Campsites
Otter supports a single established campsite,
along its northern shore.
Planning Considerations
Otter has the only campsite on the upper
reaches of the Little Indian Sioux, from its origins to its crossing of
the Echo Trail, 24½ miles downstream.
Otter is included in Beymer,
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area, vol. 1, The Western Region, routes
2, 5, 11, 12, 13, and 27.
Wildlife
Otter supports populations of Largemouth
Bass (Micropterus salmoides),
Northern Pike (Esox lucius),
Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris),
Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus
dolomieui), Tullibee (Cisco) (Coregonus
artedi), 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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