West Lake
Hallowell, Ontario, Canada
Public boat launch that has a long channel between tall typha to get out to the lake. There is a dock on one side of it. It is a wetland with an extremely soft, silty substrate, it has a natural shoreline with few trees.
- Group: River Rapport & Education : River Institute
- Lat: 43.9432408
- Lng: -77.2473836
- Waterbody Type: Channel
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
View all photosBirds: Swan sp., catbird, american kestrel, american goldfinch.
Insects: Tricoloured bumblebee, cicada sp., mud dauber wasp, dragonfly sp., marsh ramshorn, greater pond snail, mammoth pond snail, bladder snail, monarch butterfly, cabbage moth.
Amphibians: Leopard frog, green frog.
Fish: Pugnose shiner, bridle shiner, grass pickerel, iowa darter, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, bluntnose minnow, round goby, tadpole madtom, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, PERCH, brook silverside, pumpkinseed, bluegill.
Plants: COMMON BLADDERWORT, sago, TYPHA SP., Fragrant white waterlily, Eurasian milfoil, European frogbit, chara.
Species at risk: Bridle shiner, grass pickerel, pugnose shiner
Invasive species: frogbit, Eurasian milfoil, Round goby