Round Lake (RM of Kelvington, Saskatchewan)

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

{{For|Round Lake along the Qu'Appelle River|Round Lake (Saskatchewan)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2024}}

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Round Lake{{cite web |title=Round Lake |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAODB|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=11 January 2024}} is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Kelvington No. 366. The lake is at the western edge of the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest in the Mid-Boreal Upland ecozone.{{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=11 January 2024}} It is {{convert|18|km}} south of Greenwater Lake Provincial Park and {{convert|24|km}} north-northeast of Kelvington. There are no communities along the lake's shore and access is from a gravel road off Highway 38.{{cite web |title=Round Lake Fishing Map |url=https://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/ca_sk_round_lake_sk-round-lake-nautical-chart.html |website=GPS Nautical Charts |publisher=Bist LLC. |access-date=11 January 2024}}

Round Lake is fed by streams that flow in from the surrounding hills. The outflow, which begins at Round Lake Dam, is a river that flows out from the western shore and then south-west into Little Nut Lake. Prairie Butte Creek{{cite web |title=Prairie Butte Creek|url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAQPF|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=11 January 2024}} connects Little Nut Lake to Nut Lake, which is the source of the Red Deer River.{{cite web |title=Round Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-6128366.html |website=Mindat.org |publisher=mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy |access-date=11 January 2024}}

At the northern end of Round Lake is Camp Saskadet. Saskadet is a Tri-Service Provincial Cadet Camp used by Air, Army, and Sea Cadets.{{cite web |title=Camp Saskadet |url=https://skacl.ca/about-us/camp-sask-cadet |website=SKACL |publisher=Air Cadet League of Canada - Saskatchewan Provincial Committee |access-date=11 January 2024}} The eastern half of the lake, and a small section on the western shore, is within the provincially protected Round Lake Recreation Site ({{Coord|52.3594|-103.3926|display=inline}}).{{cite web |title= Round Lake Recreation Site|url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAWGF|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=11 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Round Lake Recreation Site, Saskatchewan Map |url=https://www.geodata.us/canada_names_maps/maps.php?featureid=HAWGF&f=251 |publisher=Geodata.us |access-date=11 January 2024}}