UPPER RIDEAU LAKE Upper Rideau Lake District of Brockville (North and South Elmsley, North & South Burgess, Bastard Townships) Surface Area: 16010 acres Maximum Depth: 328 feet Mean Depth: 40.4 feet Fish Lake trout Northern pike Directions Smallmouth bass Rideau Lake is located 40 miles north of Kingston and can be Largemouth bass reached by following Hwy 15 north to Portland. A second access Yellow perch point is located at Rideau Ferry. It can also be reached by water - Rock bass craft via the Rideau Canal System through locks from either Black crappie Upper Rideau Lake, or Rideau River. Numerous tourist resort Pumpkinseed camps have been established on the lake. Murphy's Point Provincial Park is located on the western shore of Rideau Lake. Bluegill Brown bullhead Rainbow smelt Yellow bullhead Brook silverside White sucker Alewife Northern pike, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass This map is intended for fisheries management Lake whitefish Bluntnose minnow are successfully angled adjacent to most of the main purposes only. It should not be used as a guide in navigation shoreline and islands. Lake trout are present in the because no effort has been made to show the Lake herring Banded killifish various shools and hazards which might occur Fallfish Golden shiner deeper areas of the lake with moderate angling suc - between points of sounding. cess being reported. Yellow pickerel are occasionally Blackchin shiner Blacknose shiner caught by the angler. Panfish of edible size are often American eel Fathead minnow caught while fishing for pike or bass. Frogs, minnows, Burbot Iowa darter and a variety of artificial lures are used. .