Balsam Lake is the highest point of the Trent-Severn Waterway with water flowing both east and west. The Trent-Severn Waterway descends west ward to Lake Simcoe and, and easterly to Cameron Lake. It is 16 km long and averages 3 km wide, though its actual width varies due to the many large bays the carve its shoreline. The Gull River and the many lakes land locked northern lakes of the Haliburton area reach the Trent System at Balsam Lake supplying the Central Kawartha Lakes of the Trent Severn with consistent in season water levels.
Balsam Lake is home to two provincial parks: Balsam Lake Provincial Park is an all-season recreational park along the Trent-Severn Waterway. In summer, swim at a clean, safe beach, hike to a lookout tower, go fishing, sail and windsurf. Come in spring for wildflowers and in October for autumn glory. The second, Indian Point Provincial Park, located on the north end of Balsam Lake, this park features one of the longest undeveloped shorelines in the Kawartha Lakes. Indian Point Provincial Park does not offer facilities or services of any kind and no camping is allowed, a great place to spend a day and explore. The lake offers excellent fishing for bass, walleye, and muskie.
The village of Coboconk, Ontario is located on the north side of the lake along Highway 35.
Balsam Lake boasts some of the nicest sand beach and weed free waterfront on the Trent-Severn System. Balsam Lake is one of the easiest escapes from the GTA because of its location on the west side of the City of Kawartha Lakes.
If you’re looking for a cottage in the Central Kawartha Lakes, call Brad Nelson at (705) 738-2110 to learn more.
Balsam Lake Facts |
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| Latitude | 44° 36′ | Common Tree Species | Cedar, White Birch, White Spruce, White Pine, Oak, Hard Maple |
| Longitude | 78° 50′ | ||
| Soils | Sparse sandy loam | Aquatic Vegetation | common cattail, white waterlily, grasses, sedges, bulrush, sweet gale, leatherleaf, algae |
| Bedrock | Granite, Sedimentary | ||
| Elevation | 256 m or 841 ft ± | Fish Species | muskellunge, white sucker, brown bullhead, rock bass, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass |
| Max. Depth | 14.9 m or 49 ft | ||
| Mean Depth | 5 m or 16.3 ft | ||
| Area | 4664.8 hectares or 11526.8 acres | Shoreline Length | Lake: 63.6 kilometers or 39.5 miles Island: 15.1 km or 9.4 mi |
| Interesting Fact: Balsam Lake is tied with Mitchell for the Kawartha Lake with the highest elevation above sea level at 256.3 m! | |||
