NORWAY LAKE
PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY
Area: 514.88 acres.
Deepest Point: 12 feet.
Defining Characteristics: Norway Lake was named for Norway pines lining its banks. The river running through both ends of the lake serves an important purpose for this shallow lake which is estimated to be only 12 feet at its deepest point. It is noted as having very thick weed cover that is popular to bluegills and bass species.
Water Quality: Eutrophic, has high biological productivity, able to support an abundance of aquatic plants.
Number of aquatic plant species: Aquatic plants are very abundant on Norway Lake, especially in the western portion of the lake.
Fish: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), greater redhorse, shorthead redhorse, white sucker
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Historic Fact: The 13 acre Pine River-Backus school forest along the edge of Norway lake was bought by the school in 1974, and though it is located along a popular logging waterway, at least one white pine in the forest is 11 feet around and estimated 210 years old.
Sources: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnesotalakes.net and Wikipedia