Saca Lake
Making Connections
- Portage East, 95 rods, to Crab
- Portage Northwest, 80 rods, to Hassel
Maps
- Fisher
F-9, Cummings,
Big Moose, Fourtown Lakes
- McKenzie
No. 16, Burntside
Lake
Links
- DNR Lake No. 690298
- Lake Map No. C1487
- 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
Saca is a small, relatively shallow
lake just west of Crab, 29 miles southeast of Crane
Lake and 12 miles WNW of Ely. In form a tricorner lake, ¾ mile
long on its north/south axis and ½ mile across its southern end,
Saca tapers to a long, narrow point at its north end. Its 73 acres
have a maximum depth of 18', with most of the lake being less than 15' deep.
In the southwest corner of the lake is the mouth of Battle Creek, dropping
11' in its half mile course down from Battle Lake
to the southwest. Saca has no apparent surface water outlet.
Off the eastern shore of Saca, a 95 rod portage loses 33' of elevation
in an easy descent to the western shore of Crab. From the opposite
shore, an 80 rod carry to the northwest connects with Hassel in an gradual
ascent gaining 13' before dropping back 7'.
The 4th of July windstorms of 1999 did not significantly affect the Saca
area.
Campsites
Saca supports one established campsite,
along the northwestern shore.
Planning Considerations
Saca is part of a group of small, interconnected
lakes clustered near the southern boundary of the BWCAW, just to the southwest
of Crab. Other lakes in the group are Battle,
Boulder, Clark, Glimmer,
Hassel, Meat, Phantom,
and Sprite.
Wildlife
Saca supports populations of Northern
Pike (Esox lucius), Smallmouth
Bass (Micropterus dolomieui),
and White Sucker (Catostomus
commersoni).
Notes and Comments
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Last updated on
11 April, 2004
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