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Cannon Lake
Location of Cannon Lake in Minnesota
Location of Cannon Lake in Minnesota
Cannon Lake
Location in Minnesota
Location Warsaw Township, Rice County, west of Faribault, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°16′01″N 93°21′19″W / 44.267022°N 93.355300°W / 44.267022; -93.355300
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,593.22 acres (2.48941 sq mi)
Max. depth 15 feet (4.6 m)

Cannon Lake is a lake located in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The lake has a surface area of 1,593.22 acres and a maximum depth of 15 feet.

The lake is part of the Cannon River system that starts in Shields Lake, goes through Le Sueur and Rice counties and drains into the Mississippi River.

As of the last survey of the lake in August, 2009, the most predominant species of fish was the walleye. The walleyes averaged 7.3 fish per gill net with a mean weight of 2.3 pounds and a mean length of 17.7 inches.

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