Rice Lake

Rice Lake is located in Northumberland and Peterborough counties south of Peterborough, north of Coburg, about an hour and a half drive from Toronto. It is part of the Trent-Severn waterway. 
 
First Nations, including the Mississauga, Algonquin, and Hiawatha First Nation of the north shore, dating back over 10,000 years, inhabited the area, and called the lake Pemadashdakota or "lake of the burning plains".
 
Rice Lake is fairly shallow and was later named for the wild rice which grew in it and was harvested by First Nations people. 
 
Rice Lake is now a tourist area recognized for its recreational and sport fishing. Rice Lake fish include panfish, walleye, muskellunge and bass, specifically Large Mouth Bass featured in this design.