Forest Lake - (Joly)

	This Lake Median Lake Average Lake
Forest Lake is 322 hectares (796 Acres) in size The median size lake in our area is 71 hectares or 175 Acres (average size 398 hectares)	³²² ⁷¹ ³⁹⁸
Forest Lake has a maximum depth 17 meters (56 ft) The median depth of lakes in our area is 13.5 m or 44 ft (average depth 18 m)	¹⁷ ^13.5 ¹⁸
The median depth of Forest Lake is 1.20 m (4 ft)	^1.20 ^5.2 ⁷
Forest Lake Perimeter 29.80 km (18.52 Miles) The median perimiter of lakes in our area is 3.3 km or 2.05 miles (average Perimiter 3.61 km)	^29.80 ^3.3 ⁴
Forest Lake Altitude 335 m (1099 ft) The median altitude of lakes in our area is 290 m or 951 ft (average Altitude is 289 m)	³³⁵ ²⁹⁰ ²⁸⁹
Forest Lake's watershed area feeding the Lake (excluding lake) 324.0 km² (80062 acres)
Drainage Basin of Forest Lake South River
Forest Lake's percentage of shoreline which is Crown Land 15 %
Forest Lake is in the Township of Joly
Shoreline Development on Forest Lake is: Moderate; urban, shoreline residential, recreation camp
Public Access to Forest Lake Public; launches off River Road and Chemical Road
Water Level Management Regulated; water level is controlled by MNR-owned dam at the north end of Forest Lake. The Village of South River is currently operates the dam and hydro-electric generating station. Flows and levels are regulated by the South River Water Management Plan.
Major Fish Species in Forest Lake northern pike (I 2007), smallmouth bass (I), largemouth bass (I 2015) burbot
Other Fish Species in Forest Lake golden shiner, blacknose shiner, creek chub, lake chub, cisco, rainbow smelt (I), white sucker , brown bullhead , trout-perch, Iowa darter, pumpkinseed , yellow perch , rock bass (I 2007)
MNR Fact Sheet for Forest Lake - (Joly)
Notes: E: extirpated, I: introduced – intentional or accidental, O: occasional, R: remnant, S: currently stocked, ?: status uncertain, 2009: year of first record or introduction if known, blank: presumed native
Much of the above data for Forest Lake is compliments of the Muskoka Water Web maintained by The District Municipality of Muskoka