---
type: lake
name: "Memegwesi Lake"
county: "Lake"
nearest_town: "Isabella"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 43
max_depth_ft: 25
latitude: 47.63501
longitude: -91.31248
lake_score: 30
dnr_lake_id: "38044000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/memegwesi-lake
---

# Memegwesi Lake

Lake in Lake County, Minnesota, near Isabella

- **Surface Area**: 43 acres
- **Max Depth**: 25 ft
- **Average Depth**: 9 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Carry-in access only
- **Lake Score**: 30/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Memegwesi Lake is a 43-acre lake near Isabella in Lake County, Minnesota. It reaches 25 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 9 feet, and has roughly 1.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 2 fish species here, including brook trout. 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 2022.

Public access is carry-in only — plan on a canoe, kayak or small boat you can hand-launch.

## Access

- **Public access**: Carry-in access only
- **Managed by**: US Forest Service
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 2
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Carry-In Access

## Fish Species

Brook Trout, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Delay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/delay-lake) - 0.9 miles, 102 acres
- [Eighteen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/eighteen-lake) - 1.7 miles, 102 acres
- [Dumbbell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/dumbbell-lake) - 2 miles, 406 acres
- [Divide Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/divide-lake) - 3.3 miles, 61 acres
- [Sylvania Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/sylvania-lake) - 6.2 miles, 77 acres
- [Mitawan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/mitawan-lake) - 6.3 miles, 191 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.63501,-91.31248)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=38044000)
- [All lakes in Lake County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county)

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