Paudash Lake

Paudash Lake
Sunset over Lower Paudash
Location	Haliburton County, Ontario
Coordinates	44°58′N 78°03′W / 44.967°N 78.050°W / 44.967; -78.050Coordinates: 44°58′N 78°03′W / 44.967°N 78.050°W / 44.967; -78.050
Type	Glacial lake, oligotrophic, dimictic
Primary inflows	Natural springs, Silent Lake, Deer Lake, Anderson Lake, and Centre Lake
Primary outflows	Crowe River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	14.2 km (8.8 mi)
Max. width	5.1 km (3.2 mi)
Surface area	7.55 km2 (1,870 acres)
Max. depth	46 m (151 ft)
Residence time	3 years
Surface elevation	343.5 m (1,127 ft)
Frozen	Mid-December to Late April
Islands	Mullet, Johnston, Ross, Moulds, Burnt, Stringer, Big, and Birch
Settlements	(None on lake)

Paudash Lake is a lake in south central Ontario southwest of Bancroft along Highway 28. The lake is located in the Municipality of Highlands East in Haliburton County just north of Silent Lake Provincial Park, and is 27 km (17 mi) south of the panhandle of Algonquin Provincial Park. It is about two and a quarter hours' drive northeast from Canada's largest city, Toronto, and approximately the same distance, but a slower drive, west-southwest from the nation's capital, Ottawa. The nearest communities to Paudash Lake are the village of Cardiff, close to the lake's Inlet Bay, and the hamlet of Paudash to the northeast of Lower Paudash Lake. Actually two lakes, 'Paudash' and 'Lower Paudash', the lakes are located on the Crowe River, near its head waters, which flows into the Trent River at Crowe Bay north of Campbellford. The nearest shopping center in the area is the year-around resort town of Bancroft, while the next closest is the year-around resort town of Haliburton.

Paudash Lake has several different sections within it; Lower Paudash Lake (Outlet Bay) to the east, North Bay to the north, Joe Bay to the southwest and Inlet Bay to the northeast. The lake has a surface area of 7.5 km² (1,900 acres) and a maximum depth of 46 m (151 ft). Fish species include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, lake trout, perch, pumpkinseed, northern cisco, white sucker, and small bait fish of various types.