Silaca Lake
Making Connections
- Portage North, 45 rods, to Coxey
Pond
- Portage Southwest, 45 rods, down Silaca Creek
- Portage Southwest, 210 rods, on the "Korb Creek
Trail", to the Korb River
Maps
- Fisher
F-9, Cummings,
Big Moose, Fourtown Lakes
- McKenzie
No. 16, Burntside
Lake
Links
- DNR Lake No. 690187
- Lake Map No. C5022
- 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
Silaca is a small, shallow lake on
Silaca (Korb) Creek in the upper reaches of the Little Indian Sioux drainage,
28½ miles southeast of Crane Lake and 11 miles northwest of Ely.
Just over ½ mile long and quite narrow, its 49 acres include a small
bay extending to the northeast. Though the surrounding hills rise
steeply to heights 100' and more above the lakeshore, the lake itself is
relatively shallow, with a maximum depth of but 16', and a measured water
clarity of 10'.
Out of the north end of Silaca, a 45 rod portage climbs to the west end
of Coxey Pond, some 23' higher to the north.
Out of the south end, a 45 rod portage bypasses the upper reaches of Silaca
Creek along its north bank, to reach more navigable water downstream.
An extension of this trail, all the way to Korb Lake,
makes for a 210 rod portage. (This last is a winter use ski trail,
shown on later McKenzie
maps though not on Fisher).
Damage from the Independence Day windstorms of 1999 was limited to a
couple of small patches of blowdown along Silaca's southeastern shore.
Campsites
Silaca supports a single established
campsite, on its eastern shore.
Planning Considerations
Silaca is a link in the Coxey Pond spur
route, a deadend route up to Coxey from the Korb
River.
Wildlife
Silaca supports populations of Bluegill
(Lepomis macrochirus),
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus),
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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