---
type: lake
name: "Lake Wakanda"
county: "Kandiyohi"
nearest_town: "Svea"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1760
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 45.05911
longitude: -94.99568
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "34016900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-wakanda
---

# Lake Wakanda

Lake in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, near Svea

- **Surface Area**: 1,760 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 18.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Wakanda is a 1,760-acre lake near Svea in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 18.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.8 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and white crappie. 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 2024.

There are 2 public boat launches (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 11, based on 30 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 17
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 11
- **Years of record**: 30
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-09
- **Latest**: 2013-05-02

## Nearby Lakes

- [Big Kandiyohi Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/big-kandiyohi-lake) - 5 miles, 2,730 acres
- [Willmar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/willmar-lake) - 5.8 miles, 636 acres
- [Foot Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/foot-lake) - 6 miles, 503 acres
- [Lake Minnetaga](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-minnetaga) - 6.5 miles, 791 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/eagle-lake) - 8.6 miles, 849 acres
- [Lake Lillian](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-lillian) - 8.8 miles, 1,151 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.05911,-94.99568)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=34016900)
- [All lakes in Kandiyohi County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county)

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