We are lucky that we live five minutes walking from Trout Lake, and our drinking water comes from the lake, icy cold specially now when the lakes are melting. I heard that Trout Lake is open for visitors only, no boat sailing yet, as the lake is not 100% defrosted. North Bay is a beautiful City in the Summer, blessed with several lakes, even on our lot there is a small lake which runs all the way to Lake Nippissing, which during the Winter Season, you will see hundreds of ice shaks and tents and people fishing on the icy lake - Ice Fishing is big in Northen Ontario... and North Bay is famous for Pickrels and Walleye.
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