Canoe Lake offers good fishing for lake trout as well as for largemouth and smallmouth bass, pike and perch. Posting a report on Angler's Atlas in 2013, online user Chris writes, "Canoe Lake is another beautiful Frontenac County lake, and is directly connected (although divided by roadways) to two other lakes to the south, Desert Lake and Eel Lake.

"Canoe has two personalities. The south end is deep and rocky with nearly no shoreline but steep cliffs dropping straight down into deep water. As you travel north, the lake shallows until it becomes shallow and muddy/weedy at some points. At the very northern tip, the lake is less than 10 feet deep and even shallower when the dam at the south is let out in the fall.

"Water clarity is incredible, with visibility over 10 metres, which can make fish wary of the angler and their presentation. The lake trout fishery is good here with a healthy population of naturally reproducing trout in all age classes." The shallower bays of the lake can offer up largemouth bass and pike, while smallmouth bass can be enticed to take a spinner along the rocky shoreline.

LAKE ACCESS

Canoe Lake is located 12 km southwest of Westport in Fisheries Management Zone 18. Take Westport Rd. (Highway 12) until it intersects with Canoe Lake Rd. Canoe Lake Campground is a private campground with a paid boat launch at the north end of the lake. There is also a public boat launch situated at the south end of the lake.