Belle Taine Lake

Belle Taine Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Hubbard County. Sub-grades cluster within a single letter of each other, which usually means the lake is in stable trophic balance rather than fighting one specific stressor.

Trophically, Belle Taine Lake reads as oligotrophic — nutrient-poor, clear, and ecologically more sensitive to disturbance than richer lakes. Belle Taine Lake is unusually deep for Minnesota at 56 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. Belle Taine Lake covers 1,497 acres alongside 24.0 miles of shoreline, large enough that conditions can vary meaningfully between bays. Among the 77 graded lakes in Hubbard County, Belle Taine Lake sits at rank 24, above the county median.

Belle Taine Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2024, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Walleye are documented at Belle Taine Lake, one of 14 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Belle Taine Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. Ice-out has been recorded 24 times at Belle Taine Lake, with a median around Apr 18. Monitoring depth is thin here: the LakeGrade rubric is applied to a small number of sample years, and the grade will be revised as more data accumulates.