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Beautiful Merritt Lake has much to offer visitors. An average amount of precipitation falls at Merritt Lake; June is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month is February. A trip to West Bay next to Merritt Lake is always a glorious idea, and hiking along the Taconite Trail is pleasant fun. You just ought to fancy Merritt Lake. Lakes? Sure, Oriniack Lake is close at hand, and you can have a fine hiking adventure along the Beatty Portage.
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| | is so wonderful. This lake is so wonderful. If you came for an overnight stay Fortune Bay Resort - Casino - RV Park is a good place to camp; Merritt Lake is right by the Canfield Portage. A good nearby hotel is Lodge At Giants Ridge, and the snow is pleasant at Giants Ridge.
Hinsdale Island Campground is a great local campground; there are other places here than Merritt Lake, for example Lake Alf. If you need a place to stay Elbow Lake Lodge is a great choice, | |
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and glide down the rapids of Vermilion River in a kayak. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 70's to Merritt Lake. Summer night lows fall down to the 40's. High temperatures during the wintertime are normally in the 10's; after the sun is down during the winter temperatures at Merritt Lake plunge into the-20's.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 47.97472
Longitude: -92.36028
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Vermilion River, St. Louis CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class II-III - 5.5 miles long (Vermilion Dam to Twomile Creek) |
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Vermilion River, St. Louis CountyCounty, 9 miles away
Class II-IV - 1.5 miles long (Eightmile Creek to Cty 24) |
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Vermilion River, St. Louis CountyCounty, 18 miles away
Class II-IV - 4 miles long (FS491 to CR24) |
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Lake Alf, St. Louis CountyCounty, 2 miles away |
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Echo Lake
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... just over 1.75 pounds. Not bad for a lake that 30 years ago didnt really have native panfish. Also, the crappies are gigantic. Many people are starting to catch on to this and the populations of this fish I believe are declining. Back when my father first started fishing this lake walleyes and northern were caught in the dozens every day. But, they werent trophy fish but it was fun catching a stringer everyday. Now the lake is producing the same ''hammerhandle'' pike and ''dinner'' size walleye as the past as well as many trophies of both species. I believe the bluegills that research states accidently got into the lake are providing much more feed for this lake. But the funny thing is the gills are getting big too. So i think to my self, what is the true feeder fish? Every lake has a true feeder fish that never really gets big right? Well that fish is the perch unfortunatly. Back in the 70's the lake had jumbo perch, they were hard to find, you only caught a couple but they made anything out of lake michigan look like a minnow. I did catch one jumbo though, and even that one was on... |
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