Skeleton Lake (Ontario)

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Skeleton Lake is a lake in the Muskoka region of Ontario.

It is located west of Huntsville. The Bent River flows from the lake into Skeleton Bay on Lake Rosseau. Up until 1991, the Ministry of Natural Resources operated a fish hatchery on the lake. The lake is thought to have been formed as a result of a meteorite impact.

Skeleton Lake was given its name because overhead images of it resemble a skull, but it is also believed that it was given its name when the bones of an Ojibwa woman and her son were found on an island in the lake.

There are many species of fish that inhabit this lake, which include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, lake trout, speckled trout, brown trout, rock bass and walleye.

The open body of water in Skeleton Lake is the largest open body of water in all the Muskoka Lakes. This makes it an excellent lake for such sports as sailing and windsurfing.

Skeleton Lake has two great islands for public use, such as the Hogs Back, which is a tiny rock with lots of graphiti and a fire pit near Greer Bay, and Anderson's island, a large island home of silver birches, and a great swing rope that was taken down because someone broke their back from it.

Skeleton Lake is home to Camp Kwasind, a Christian camp founded in 1944 in cheboygon bay. It is also home to Camp Ramah in Muskoka, a Jewish camp.