---
type: lake
name: "Lewis Lake"
county: "Kanabec"
nearest_town: "Ogilvie"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 179
max_depth_ft: 48
latitude: 45.7478
longitude: -93.36519
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "33003200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/lewis-lake
---

# Lewis Lake

Lake in Kanabec County, Minnesota, near Ogilvie

- **Surface Area**: 179 acres
- **Max Depth**: 48 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lewis Lake is a 179-acre lake near Ogilvie in Kanabec County, Minnesota. It reaches 48 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 18 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 18
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-23
- **Latest**: 2022-11-28

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lory Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/lory-lake) - 1.8 miles, 222 acres
- [Pennington Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/pennington-lake) - 5 miles, 128 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/fish-lake) - 6.5 miles, 506 acres
- [North Stanchfield Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/north-stanchfield-lake) - 7.6 miles, 157 acres
- [South Stanchfield Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/south-stanchfield-lake) - 9.1 miles, 411 acres
- [Little Stanchfield Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/little-stanchfield-lake) - 10 miles, 146 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.7478,-93.36519)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=33003200)
- [All lakes in Kanabec County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/lewis-lake)*