---
type: lake
name: "Thompson Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Fredenberg"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 207
max_depth_ft: 9
latitude: 47.08564
longitude: -92.06308
lake_score: 43
dnr_lake_id: "69024100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/thompson-lake
---

# Thompson Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Fredenberg

- **Surface Area**: 207 acres
- **Max Depth**: 9 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 43/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Thompson Lake is a 207-acre lake near Fredenberg in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 9 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.9 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 8 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2000.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 23, based on 11 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 8
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2000
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 23
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2017-04-12
- **Latest**: 2022-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [Alden Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/alden-lake) - 2.3 miles, 190 acres
- [Spring Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/spring-lake-two-harbors) - 3.1 miles, 98 acres
- [Briar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/briar-lake) - 4.8 miles, 79 acres
- [Barrs Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/barrs-lake) - 4.9 miles, 125 acres
- [Boulder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/boulder-lake) - 5.4 miles, 3,260 acres
- [Island Lake Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/island-lake-reservoir) - 7.1 miles, 8,001 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.08564,-92.06308)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69024100)
- [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/thompson-lake)*