Gord Ellis with a trophy Lake Nipigon brook trout Brook Trout Here is a guide to catching its four primary sport fish. Lake Nipigon is the crown jewel of Superior Country. Much of the lake is wild and undeveloped, and because of this it has one of the most pristine cold-water fisheries in the world. Lake Nipigon has a maximum depth if 165 metres (540 feet) and many islands large and small. The Nipigon river is also the largest tributary of Lake Superior. The lake drains into the Nipigon River and then flows deep and fast into Nipigon Bay of Lake Superior.
Located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of the city of Thunder Bay, Lake Nipigon is the largest lake found entirely within the boundaries of Ontario.
