Leech Lake map - Cass County

LEECH LAKE

WALKER

Area: 110,311 acres

Deepest Point: 150 feet, located in Walker Bay

Defining Characteristics: The lake is the third largest lake entirely within Minnesota’s boundaries and covers approximately 112,000 surface acres, nearly 80 percent of the lake is less than 35 feet deep. It is geographically located in three glacial zones and has an irregular shape with many large and small bays.

Water quality: Mesotrophic - clear water with some submerged aquatic plants, medium levels of nutrients

Number of aquatic plant species: 49

Fish: crappie, sunfish, bowfin, bullhead, catfish eelpout, large/small/rock bass, muskellunge, northern pike, tullibee, walleye, white sucker, perch.

Historic Fact: The Battle of Sugar Point in 1898 between U.S. Federal troops and the resident Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians was the last true Indian battle in the United States. This is largely ignored in history, quite likely because the Indians won the battle. The battle began a chain of events that eventually led to government control of national forest lands and the creation of the Chippewa National Forest.

Sources: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnesotalakes. net and Wikipedia

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Leech Lake map - Cass County

Published on Apr 25, 2023

Brainerd Dispatch and Echo Journal

Area: 110,311 acres Deepest Point: 150 feet, located in Walker Bay Defining Characteristics: The lake is the third largest lake entirely within Minnesota’s boundaries and covers approximately 112,000 surface acres, nearly 80 percent of the lake is less than 35 feet deep. It is geographically located in three glacial zones and has an irregular shape with many large and small bays. Water quality: Mesotrophic - clear water with some submerged aquatic plants, medium levels of nutrients Number of aquatic plant species: 49 Fish: crappie, sunfish, bowfin, bullhead, catfish eelpout, large/small/rock bass, muskellunge, northern pike, tullibee, walleye, white sucker, perch. Historic Fact: The Battle of Sugar Point in 1898 between U.S. Federal troops and the resident Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians was the last true Indian battle in the United States. This is largely ignored in history, quite likely because the Indians won the battle.