HydroLAKES lake · #718
Lac La Croix
Surface area
115,66km²
Avg depth
19,3m
Volume
2 233km³
Shoreline
384,5km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Saint LouisMinnesota · United States66.27 km²57.1% of lake
- Rainy RiverOntario · Canada49.73 km²42.9% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
IUCN IbWilderness
56.18 km² overlap
Provincial Park
0.36 km² overlap
Lac La Croix Wilderness Area
IUCN IIIWilderness Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
347 distinct species · 1 421 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lac La Croix : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 141 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
115,66km²
Avg depth
19,3m
Volume
2 233,000km³
Watershed
13 209km²
Shoreline
384,5km
Shore dev. idx
10,08
Residence time
211days
Elevation
359m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.