---
type: lake
name: "White Swan Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Bigfork"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 165
max_depth_ft: 19
latitude: 47.61816
longitude: -93.37751
lake_score: 34
dnr_lake_id: "31026000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/white-swan-lake
---

# White Swan Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Bigfork

- **Surface Area**: 165 acres
- **Max Depth**: 19 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 34/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

White Swan Lake is a 165-acre lake near Bigfork in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 19 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2006.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 13, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2006
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 13
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-25
- **Latest**: 2022-05-05

## Nearby Lakes

- [Gunny Sack Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/gunny-sack-lake) - 1.1 miles, 86 acres
- [Bluebill Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bluebill-lake) - 1.4 miles, 148 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/round-lake-bigfork) - 1.5 miles, 460 acres
- [Bartlet Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bartlet-lake) - 1.5 miles, 119 acres
- [Wasson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/wasson-lake) - 1.6 miles, 438 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/long-lake) - 2 miles, 346 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.61816,-93.37751)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31026000)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/white-swan-lake)*