Culdesac Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Western Canada}}

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| location = RM of Hudson Bay No. 394, Saskatchewan and Northern Manitoba

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| inflow = Culdesac River

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Culdesac Lake{{cite web |title=Culdesac Lake |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HASVK|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=2 June 2023}} is a lake in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is situated in the Saskatchewan River Delta and is in the Mid-Boreal Lowland ecoregion.{{cite web |title=Ecoregions of Saskatchewan |url=https://biolwww.usask.ca/rareplants_sk/root/htm/en/enthusiast/4_ecoreg.php |website=usask |date=30 May 2008 |publisher=University of Saskatchewan |access-date=2 June 2023}} It is surrounded by muskeg and boreal forest. Its primary inflow is from a channel connected to Culdesac River,{{cite web |title=Culdesac River |url=https://ca.geoview.info/culdesac_river,5933801 |website=Geoview.info |publisher=Geoview.info |access-date=2 June 2023}} which is a tributary of the Carrot River. An outlet from the eastern end of Culdesac Lake connects it to the Pasquia River — a tributary of the Saskatchewan River. The lake falls within the Cumberland Marshes (SK 102) Important Bird Area of Canada.{{cite web |title=Cumberland Marshes |url=https://www.ibacanada.org/site.jsp?siteID=SK102&lang=en |website=IBA Canada |publisher=Birds Canada |access-date=2 June 2023}}

Most of Culdesac Lake is in the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 in Saskatchewan while only the eastern most end is in Northern Manitoba. There are no communities along the lake's shore{{cite web |last1=Siemens |first1=Matthew |title=Culdesac Lake |url=https://sasklakes.ca/culdesac-lake/ |publisher=Sask Lakes |access-date=20 April 2024}} and Highway 9 is the closest highway. On the northern shore is a Saskatchewan provincial recreation site.