Stony Lake (Ontario)
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Crowes Landing on Stoney Lake
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| Location | Ontario |
| Group | Kawartha lakes |
| Coordinates | 44°32′N 78°08′W / 44.533°N 78.133°WCoordinates: 44°32′N 78°08′W / 44.533°N 78.133°W |
| Primary inflows | Lovesick Lake |
| Primary outflows | Katchewanooka Lake, White/Dummer Lake |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 28 km2 (11 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Residence time | Mostly summer residences |
| Shore length1 | Granite on north & Sand/clay on south |
| Surface elevation | 234 m (768 ft) |
| Islands | Juniper Island, Horseshoe Island, Big Island, Doe Island, Rankin's Rock |
| Settlements | Lakefield, Ontario; Burleigh Falls, Ontario; Warsaw, Ontario |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Stoney Lake (also spelled Stony Lake) is a lake in Ontario, Canada. There are three interconnected lakes (Upper Stoney Lake to the northeast, Stony Lake in the centre, and Clear Lake to the southwest) which together are known as Stony or Stoney Lake. Stoney Lake forms the eastern end of the Kawartha lakes region. It is primarily a summer cottage area but there are many permanent residences on the lakes.
Stoney Lake was known to early European settlers as Salmon Trout Lake, but the modern name is fully appropriate. Salmon trout are no longer evident, but islands and shoals are everywhere. Today, Stoney Lake represents the classic Ontario ‘cottage country’, enjoyed by its many seasonal residents, by an increasing number of year-round residents, by boaters using the Trent-Severn Waterway, sport fishermen and many others.
Stony Lake is located in Peterborough County nearly two hours northeast of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The lake, some 20 miles (32 km) long from Young's Point, Ontario to the lake's eastern shores, about 234 metres (768 ft) above sea level, with a combined surface area of approximately 28 square kilometres (11 sq mi), and encompasses over 1,000 islands. Sportfish caught in the lake include smallmouth and largemouth bass, walleye (Pickerel) and muskellunge (Musky). Geologically, the Kawartha lakes are on the boundary between two important land forms.
One of its islands, Fairy Lake Island, encloses another small body of water: Fairy Lake. Fairy Lake is surrounded by private property. The water in Fairy Lake rises and falls not with Stoney Lake but with the waters of nearby Lovesick Lake.
Like most lakes in Ontario, Stony Lake was created during and after the last ice age. The lake straddles the border between the Canadian Shield and the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands land forms. The lake is influenced both by the rugged granite of the Canadian Shield to the north, and by the more gentle, heavily forested Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands to the south.
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