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Lake Bonaparte
Lake Bonaparte
	Lake Bonaparte Lake Bonaparte
Location	Lewis County, New York
Coordinates	44°09′04″N 75°23′35″W / 44.151°N 75.393°W
Primary inflows	Mud Lake, Clark Creek
Primary outflows	Dobson Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,286 acres (5.20 km2)
Average depth	31 feet (9.4 m)
Max. depth	75 feet (23 m)
Shore length1	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
Surface elevation	768 feet (234 m)
Islands	Round Island, Birch Island, Rock Island, Sister Islands
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County, New York named after Joseph Bonaparte of the House of Bonaparte.^[1] The lake has many different species of fish, and is stocked regularly by the NYSDEC.^[2]

Fishing

The lake is good for both ice fishing and summer fishing. The most commonly targeted are northern pike, largemouth bass or panfish. There are many fish species in the lake such as lake trout, smallmouth bass, northern pike, brown trout, yellow perch, landlocked salmon, walleye, rainbow trout, rock bass, black crappie, and cisco. Northern pike up to 25", and large or smallmouth bass up to 18" are caught in the lake often. 2,800 brown trout and 800 lake trout are stocked annually in the lake.^[3]

^ "The Bonapartes in America • Chapter 5". penelope.uchicago.edu.
^ Western Adirondacks Fishing Guide. James F Billig. 27 April 2017. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-885010-67-4.
^ "Lake Bonaparte". dec.ny.gov. nysdec. 1999. Retrieved 28 April 2017. data