Rice Lake
Making Connections
- Portage East, 75 rods, to Slim
- Portage Southwest, 130 rods, to Hook
Maps
- Fisher
F-9, Cummings,
Big Moose, Fourtown Lakes
- McKenzie
No. 16, Burntside
Lake
Links
- DNR Lake No. 690180
- Lake Map No. C0881
- 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
Rice is a small and shallow wild rice
lake in the Burntside Lake basin of the Vermilion
drainage, 29 miles southeast of Crane Lake and 10½ miles NNW of Ely.
Tucked in between Hook and Slim,
the rough oval of Rice covers 110 acres with a maximum depth of only 5',
and a measured water clarity of 4½'. Off the east shore of
Rice, a 75 rod portage trail runs along the northern bank of the small outlet
stream, dropping 22' to the western shore of Slim. Opposite, on the
western end of Rice, a 130 rod carry gains 35' of elevation in a rolling,
100 rod ascent, then drops back some 23' into the north end of Hook.
The area around Rice was not significantly affected by the 4th of July
windstorms of 1999.
Campsites
Rice supports a single established campsite,
on the eastern shore.
Planning Considerations
Rice is a link in the Big Lake/Burntside
route, which crosses this region of the BWCAW border-to-border, from Big
in the north, by way of Lapond, Big
Rice, Hook, Rice, and Slim,
to the North Arm of Burntside.
Rice is included in Beymer,
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area, vol. 1, The Western Region, routes
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 21.
Wildlife
Rice supports populations of Blacknose
Shiner (Notropis heterolepis),
Hybrid Sunfish (Lepomis sp.), White Sucker (Catostomus
commersoni), and Yellow Perch (Perca
flavescens).
Notes and Comments
Rice, often known as Little Rice to better
distinguish it from nearby Big Rice, is aptly named as it is a natural Wild
Rice (Zizania aquatica)
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Last updated on
11 April, 2004
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