A Boundary Waters Compendium

The Largest Lakes
A BWCA List

Index

• Lakes Over 10,000 Acres
• Lakes Over 3,000 Acres
• Lakes Over 2,000 Acres
• Lakes Over 1,000 Acres
• Lakes Over 750 Acres
• Lakes Over 500 Acres

List of Lists

• Geography/Cartography Lists
• Glossary of the BWCA
• Miscellaneous Lists
• Natural History Lists
• Trip Planning Lists

• Lac La Croix (34,070)
• Basswood (25,472)
• Saganaga (17,593)
• Crooked (10,904)

• Trout (7641)
• South Arm of Knife (5254)
• Brule (4617)
• Gunflint (4210)
• Seagull (4032)
• Snowbank (3303)
• Crane (3088)

• Insula (2957)
• North (2695)
• Loon (2616)
• Pine (2257)
• Fall (2173)
• Mountain (2088)

• Greenwood (1970)
• Fourtown (1902)
• Iron (1851)
• Perent (1800)
• Big (1789)
• Kekekabic (1620)
• Little Saganaga (1575)
• Alice (1566)
• Isabella (1516)
• South Fowl (1440)
• Ensign (1408)
• Little Vermilion (1331)
• Clearwater (1325)
• Thomas (1291)
• Bald Eagle (1238)
• Moose (1211)
• Gabimichigami (1198)
• South (1190)
• Cypress (1146)
• Alton (1039)
• Moose (1039)
• Big Moose (1032)
• Loon (1025)
• North Fowl (1020)
• Wind (1009)

• Missionary (995)
• Agnes (984)
• Pine (912)
• Gabbro (896)
• Lake Three (881)
• Lake One (876)
• Disappointment (867)
• Long Island (864)
• Alpine (839)
• Tuscarora (833)
• Winchell (826)
• Fraser (811)
• Little Shell (787)
• Shell (784)
• Ima (773)
• Sawbill (765)
• Oriniack (762)
• Cherokee (753)
• Stuart (752)

• West Pike (715)
• Oyster (714)
• Birch (711)
• Ogishkemuncie (701)
• Horse (681)
• Lake Four (655)
• Wood (643)
• Clearwater (641)
• Phoebe (625)
• Gebeonequat (607)
• Gillis (570)
• Crab (541)
• Sucker (539)
• Little Trout (538)
• Newfound (529)
• Polly(513)
• Alder (506)
• Gull (503)
• Newton (500)

Note:  These are the 80 largest lakes in the BWCAW according to lake area data provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources lake surveys.

Last updated on 11 April, 2004