 Based on this inflow, and the outflow to the Crowe River, the provincial government estimates that the water of the lake is replaced every three years.The lake is normally totally frozen over from mid-December to the third week in April, when the ice usually breaks up.Paudash Lake was named after Chief George Paudash, a Crane-doodem (clan) member of the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of the Hiawatha Reserve of Rice Lake.