Lake Vermilion's boulder-strewn, rocky shorelines bordering forests of pine, aspen and birch give a truly northwoods character to this Canadian Shield lake.
Vermilion gets its name from the French translation of the Ojibwe word Onamuni, which means "lake of the sunset glow".
Updated plan in place
Lake Vermilion's updated management plan now is in place.
Public input resulted in slight changes to the final plan including new stocking guidelines for muskie, a planned evaluation of the current northern pike special regulation and adjustments to fish survey methods including the timing of fish sampling.
- View the summary
- View the entire plan
- View the DNR's response to comments
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Lake Vermilion and its Pike River hatchery are managed by DNR fisheries staff from the nearby Tower Area Fisheries office.