Wallace Lake
Keweenaw County, Michigan10 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.
- Limited data
Wallace Lake in Keweenaw County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 9.5 acres.
Wallace Lake is a 10-acre lake in Keweenaw County, Michigan. The lake supports 6 documented fish species including Blacknose shiner, Brook stickleback, and Fathead minnow.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2019-05-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Wallace Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Fishing6 species recorded
- Camping1 public campground nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Wallace Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Wallace Lake
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Wallace Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Surface area
10 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Wallace Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Wallace Lake
- Moskey Basin1.3 km
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Frequently asked questions about Wallace Lake
Where is Wallace Lake?
- Wallace Lake is a lake in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Wallace Lake?
- Wallace Lake in Keweenaw County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 9.5 acres.
Is Wallace Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
What fish are in Wallace Lake?
- Fish species found in Wallace Lake include Blacknose shiner, Brook stickleback, Fathead minnow, Finescale dace, Northern redbelly dace, White sucker. Wallace Lake is located in Keweenaw County, Michigan.
Are there campgrounds on Wallace Lake?
- Wallace Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Moskey Basin. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2019. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.
Collected and reported by
- National Park Service Water Resources Division
11NPSWRD_WQX1 sample · 2019
Analytical methods
- Secchi Disk
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles