---
type: lake
name: "Flowage"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Duluth"
lake_type: "reservoir"
acres: 112
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 46.98697
longitude: -92.19179
lake_score: 45
dnr_lake_id: "69039400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/flowage
---

# Flowage

Reservoir in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Duluth

- **Surface Area**: 112 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Lake Type**: reservoir
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 45/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Flowage is an 112-acre reservoir near Duluth in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 7 fish species here, including northern pike, smallmouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1991.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). Ice typically goes out around April 22, based on 26 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 7
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1991
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 22
- **Years of record**: 26
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-24
- **Latest**: 2013-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Island Lake Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/island-lake-reservoir) - 2.1 miles, 8,001 acres
- [Schultz Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/schultz-lake) - 2.9 miles, 210 acres
- [Fish Lake Flowage](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/fish-lake-flowage) - 4.4 miles, 3,259 acres
- [Morgan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/morgan-lake) - 4.5 miles, 104 acres
- [Boulder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/boulder-lake) - 5.3 miles, 3,260 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/eagle-lake) - 6.4 miles, 113 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.98697,-92.19179)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69039400)
- [All lakes in St. Louis County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/flowage)*