Cass Lake in Northern Minnesota
Cass Lake is 15,596 acres with a maximum depth of 120 feet.  There are public accesses on the east shore at Knutson Dam and Norway Beach and on the southwest shore.  Fish populations consist of Walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, rock bass, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, yellow bullheads, black crappie and bluegill.  

Cass Lake and its sister lake, Pike Bay offer excellent fishing opportunities. 

Visit the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and Fish Hatchery, described as the most innovative and productive facility in the Midwest.  In season, you can tour its 6,240 square feet, complete with interpretive education center.

Take a pontoon ride to unique Star Island, the largest island on Cass Lake further distinguished as one of the islands in the world with a lake on it - Windigo Lake.   Hike six miles of trails and view the remains of an 1832 Indian village.  This is also the site of cabins belonging to the Hudson Bay Co. 

Zebulon Pike visited the island in 1806.  In 1832, Henry Schoolcraft came to the island to ask Ojibwe leader, Yellow Head, to lead him to the source of the Mississippi River.

The Indian village on the island was reportedly wiped out in the 1890's when a smallpox epidemic took a heavy tool on the island and mainland population.

In 1909, the federal government granted the first permit to a private citizen to build a vacation home.  There are some homes on the island under a lease arrangement with the federal government, but the National Forest Service manages the island for scenic and recreation use.