A deep, clear crater lake with lake trout, an easy drive from Winnipeg.
Free printable map (PDF) ↓
Download the free printable map (PDF) ↓Draft map. Depth bands where a public survey exists; each map has its own scale bar.
Where: Eastern Manitoba · Whiteshell
Size: about 3,600 acres
Access: Drive-to on the Trans-Canada Highway; provincial park campgrounds and launches.
Deepest: 377 ft
Average depth: ?
Species to target: Walleye, northern pike, lake trout
Walleye limit (US angler): 4; none over 55 cm
Typical ice-out: ?
Who else is on the water: park campgrounds, cottages
Size (acres)
Sydney & Kilburn: about 17,570 (Sydney 14,240 with the Sturgeon River + Kilburn 3,330)
West Hawk Lake: about 3,600
Boats on an average summer day
Sydney & Kilburn: 10
West Hawk Lake: ?
Acres per boat
Sydney & Kilburn: 1,760
West Hawk Lake: ?
Rough-water days a season
Sydney & Kilburn: 1.7 (Kilburn 0)
West Hawk Lake: 0.3 ✓
Sheltered water
Sydney & Kilburn: 75% ✓
West Hawk Lake: 63%
Walleye a US angler may keep each day
Sydney & Kilburn: 2, both 18 in or under ✓
West Hawk Lake: 4; none over 55 cm
Clearest summer water
Sydney & Kilburn: 26 ft
West Hawk Lake: ?
Deepest spot
Sydney & Kilburn: 240 ft (Kilburn 213 ft)
West Hawk Lake: 377 ft ✓
Cisco (tullibee)
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
West Hawk Lake: ?
Whitefish
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
West Hawk Lake: ?
Free of invasive smelt
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
West Hawk Lake: ?
Mayfly mud flats
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
West Hawk Lake: ?
Disturbances on or upstream (of 6)
Sydney & Kilburn: 0 ✓
West Hawk Lake: 2
Typical ice-out
Sydney & Kilburn: about May 5
West Hawk Lake: ?
Hours from Minneapolis
Sydney & Kilburn: 7 h drive + 0.5 h flight ✓
West Hawk Lake: 8 h drive
Who else is on the water
Sydney & Kilburn: 1 lodge, 0 cottages
West Hawk Lake: park campgrounds, cottages
✓ marks the better value. ? means we couldn’t find accurate data or a close estimate. We’ve made every effort to be accurate, but some figures are estimates and there may be errors or gaps. How we measured
