Vermilion Bay, Canada Vacation Rentals

Plan your next Canada vacation rental in Vermilion Bay, Canada, which is located on the shores of beautiful Eagle Lake. Eagle Lake is home to walleye, northern pike, trophy musky, smallmouth bass, lake trout and whitefish. Eagle Lake is quite large - its 90 miles long and covers over 65,000 acres. The lake has over 490 islands with many channels, bays, weed beds and drop-offs to explore during your Canadian fishing trip. The average depth of Eagle Lake is 22 feet with a maximum depth of 110 feet. There are both housekeeping cabins and American Plan Lodges on Eagle Lake. Some lodges offer bus trip packages. You hop aboard a bus in the Midwest and they bring you up north so you don't have to drive. The lodges on Eagle Lake are generally accessed from Vermilion Bay (Highway 17) or Eagle River (Highway 594). If you're planning a family vacation, many of the resorts in the Vermilion Bay area cater to families.

There are also many other great fishing lakes around Vermilion Bay. If you take Highway 647 north from Bobby's Corner in Vermilion Bay, you'll come to the Indian Lake Chain. This includes Augite, Alexandra, Edward, Whitney, Forest, Bladder, Cobble, Boulder, Little Boulder and Moose Lakes. You can fish for walleye and musky on all these lakes and for smallmouth bass and lake trout on many of them. The Indian Lake Chain is a unique body of water; it's a system of small lakes and channels, approximately 18 miles in total length.

If you head north just a little farther, you reach Canyon Lake - famous for its musky fishing. Each year many guests at the lodges on Canyon Lake catch many musky 20 to 30 pound some have even caught musky over 50 pounds! Canyon Lake also has great smallmouth bass and walleye fishing. There is good northern pike fishing in nearby lakes.

From Vermillion Bay, drive approximately ten miles north on Highway 105. Turn left on Highway 609 and drive to Clay Lake. Clay Lake is 28 miles long. You can fish for walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, muskie and lake trout. If you head north on Highway 105 towards Perrault Falls, you'll reach Cliff, Cedar and Perrault Lakes. Richard Lake is located halfway between Vermilion Bay and Kenora, Ontario. The lake is small and quiet; you'll enjoy the lakefront cabins.

You can also fly into lodges in the area - lakes such as Canon Lake. Canon Lake is in a remote area of Northwestern Ontario, 25 miles northwest of Vermilion Bay, accessible only by float plane. Canon offers an outstanding variety of fishing that includes walleye, smallmouth bass, lake trout, muskie and northern pike. You can also fish the adjacent Wabigoon River system and five portage lakes. You can also fly 50 miles north to Anishinabi Lake. Anishinabi Lake is broken into numerous bays featuring weed beds, rock reefs and islands- ideal locations for trout and northern pike. You can also access nearby lakes for lake trout, northern and walleye. You can also fly into many secluded remote fishing outposts in the area.

For more information, click on the lodges, resorts and outposts in Vermilion Bay, Ontario.