Kennisis Lake
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kennisis Lake is a large lake in the Haliburton Highlands area of Ontario just south west of Algonquin Provincial Park. From end to end traveling in a boat, the lake is approximately 11 kilometres long. There is a smaller counterpart, named Little Kennisis Lake, that adds another few kilometres to that distance.
The lake now has private lots surrounding almost all of it, with the newest cottages and summer homes being built on the western shore accessible by West Shore Drive. Kennisis Lake is bordered by Haliburton Forest on the north and east, nearby Algonquin Provincial Park to the north, and also a third tract land to the west which is a 24,000 hectare tract of Crown land referred to as the Frost Center Area, after Leslie M. Frost. The lake is accessible through the town of West Guilford on County Road 7, Kennisis Lake Road. This road takes you to the lake and continues along the north shore of Kennisis Lake and ends at the Kennisis Lake Dam, and as a result, there is no through traffic around the lake.
There are approximately 300 lots on the south shore, 400 on the east and north shore, and another 95 lots on the newer west shore. Little Kennisis Lake also has numerous lots (unsure of the number).
