Fish Species:  Lake Trout, Muskie, Smallmouth Bass

Lake Facts:

• Fortescue Lake is located on the Haliburton / Peterborough County line. It is south of Irondale along Fortescue Lake Road
• co-ordinates: Lat. 44° 50′ 15″ Long. 78° 26′ 25″
• Salerno Creek flows into the lake on the east end and Fortescue Creek exits on the west end
• while this cottage lake reaches maximum depths of 90′, the average depth is 38′
• the shoreline is quite irregular and there is lots of submerged timber, rocky rubble and sandy/gravelly points along its perimeter
• a public boat launch is located off of Fortescue Lake Road on the northwest end of the lake
• Fortescue Lake is situated within Fisheries Management Zone 15