Radisson Lake (Saskatchewan)

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

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| name = Radisson Lake

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| location = RM of Great Bend No. 405, Saskatchewan

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saskatchewan

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| type = Salt lake

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| outflow = None

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| area = {{cvt|445.2|ha}}

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| elevation = {{cvt|517|m}}

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Radisson Lake{{cite web |title= Radisson Lake |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAIIW|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=25 May 2023}} is an endorheic salt lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located about {{convert|1.7|km}} north of the town of Radisson in the Rural Municipality of Great Bend No. 405. The lake is in the transition zone between mixed grassland and aspen parkland.{{cite web |title=Radisson Lake |url=https://www.goyellowhead.com/business/radisson-lake |website=GoYellowhead |publisher=Yellowhead Highway Assoc. |access-date=25 May 2023}}{{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=25 May 2023}} Radisson Lake and the nearby town are named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson, who was a French coureur des bois and explorer in New France. He, and his brother-in-law Médard des Groseilliers, were instrumental in the development of the Hudson's Bay Company.{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://radisson.ca/home/our-history/ |website=Town of Radisson |publisher=Town of Radisson |access-date=25 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Radisson Lake |url=https://www.anglersatlas.com/place/111039/radisson-lake |website=Angler's Atlas |publisher=Angler's Atlas |access-date=25 May 2023}}

Access to Radisson Lake is from Rural Road, which connects to Highway 340. The Yellowhead Highway runs past the southern shore of the lake.{{cite web |title=Radisson Lake |url=https://ca.geoview.info/radisson_lake,6115709 |website=Geoview.info |publisher=Geoview.info |access-date=25 May 2023}} The entire lake and surrounding shoreline is part of an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada.