Trout Lake is a
lake in municipalities of
East Ferris and
North Bay,
Nipissing District in
Northeastern Ontario,
Canada, approximately east of the much larger
Lake Nipissing. Trout Lake is the source of the
Mattawa River and a significant body of water on a well-known historic North American voyageur (fur-trading) route. It is about long and wide and exits eastward into the Mattawa River, which flows via the
Ottawa River to the
St. Lawrence River. Some of the most difficult portages are found on this part of the voyageur route between Trout Lake and the end of the Mattawa River, e.g., Portage de Mauvaise Musique, located at the
Talon Chute (named after explorer and voyageur Jean Talon).