Canoe Lake (Saskatchewan)

{{Short description|Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

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| caption = NASA map showing Canoe Lake at bottom centre{{cite web | title = NASA Visible Earth (BURN SCARS IN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA) Note: Dark to light rust coloured areas are burn scars from forest fires | url = http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=61868 | date = August 24, 2002 | accessdate =2014-09-14}}

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Canoe Lake is a lake in north-western Canadian province of Saskatchewan.{{cite web |title=Canoe Lake |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAPWS|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=10 April 2023}}

Settlements on the lake include Canoe Narrows, Cole Bay, and Jans Bay. The lake is accessed from Highways 965 and 903.{{cite web |title=Canoe Lake Fishing Map |url=https://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/ca_sk_canoelake_sk-canoe-lake-nautical-chart.html |website=GPS Nautical Charts |publisher=Bist LLC. |access-date=11 April 2023}} On the western shore is a provincial recreation site called Canoe Lake Recreation Site. The Canoe River flows east from the lake to Lac Île-à-la-Crosse.{{cite web |title=Maps showing Canoe Lake, Saskatchewan |url=https://www.canmaps.com/topo/places/h/hapws.htm |website=CanMaps |publisher=Yellow Maps |access-date=11 April 2023}}

History

In 1889, the Hudson's Bay Company established a post on Canoe Lake as a winter outpost of Île-à-la-Crosse. By 1933, it was abandoned.{{cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Company: Canoe Lake |url=https://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN%201502?sessionsearch |website=pam.minisisinc.com |publisher=Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database |access-date=2025-01-15}}

Canoe Lake Recreation Site

Most of the western shore of the lake from Cole Bay in the south to Anderson Bay is the north is part of Canoe Lake Recreation Site ({{Coord|55.2119|-108.3343|display=inline}}).{{cite web |title=Canoe Lake Recreation Site|url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAXAS|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=11 April 2023}} The park, which is leased to a private operator, covers an area of {{cvt|1585|ha}} and has a campground with 46 campsites. The park also has a boat launch and offers access to the lake for water sports, fishing, and swimming. Access is from Highway 903.{{cite web |title=Canoe Lake [Cole Bay] Recreation Site |url=https://www.brmbmaps.com/explore/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan/canoe-lake-[cole-bay]-recreation-site/82324 |website=BRMB Maps |publisher=Mussio Ventures Ltd. |access-date=11 April 2023}}

Fish species

Fish commonly found in the lake include northern pike, lake whitefish, and longnose suckers.{{cite web |title=Canoe Lake |url=https://www.anglersatlas.com/place/726343/canoe-lake |website=Angler's Atlas |access-date=11 April 2023}}

See also

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