Lac la Croix

Lac la Croix ; Lac La Croix
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Geographical location	St. Louis County in Minnesota (USA), ; Rainy River District in Ontario (Canada)
Tributaries	Maligne River , Bottle River
Drain	Namakan River
Places on the shore	Lac la Croix
Location close to the shore	Ely
	Data
Coordinates	48 ° 22 ′ N , 92 ° 8 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ N , 92 ° 8 ′ W
Altitude above sea level	361 m
surface	138 km²
length	45 km
Maximum depth	51 m
Catchment area	13,400 km²

The Lac la Croix (alternative spelling: Lac La Croix ) is a lake on the US-American - Canadian border.

The 45 km long Lac la Croix meanders along the state border. It has an area of 138 km² and a maximum water depth of 51 m. The catchment area of Lac la Croix covers 13,400 km². The lake is located on the Canadian side in Quetico Provincial Park and on the US side in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness . Main tributaries are the Maligne River and Bottle River . The Namakan River drains the lake northwest to Namakan Lake . The lake name comes from French and means "lake of the cross".

The lake is popular for fishing. The fish fauna of Lac la Croix includes black crappie ( Pomoxis nigromaculatus ), burbot , pike , common sunfish , arctic smelt , stone perch , Canadian pikeperch , the sucking carp Moxostoma macrolepidotum and Catostomus commersoni , black bass , American whitefish , American vendace , and blue eye perch .

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