Rusty Lake

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

{{For|the puzzle game|Rusty Lake Hotel}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

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| name = Rusty Lake

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| location = Meadow Lake Provincial Park, {{flag|Saskatchewan}}

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saskatchewan

| coords = {{coord|54.4168|-108.7674|region:CA-SK_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

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| inflow = Rusty Creek

| outflow = Rusty Creek

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| area = {{cvt|172.1|ha}}

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| max-depth = {{cvt|10.06|m}}

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| shore = {{cvt|8.42|km}}

| elevation = {{cvt|471|m}}

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Rusty Lake{{cite web |title=Rusty Lake |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAJKK|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=7 May 2022}} is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park{{cite web |title=Meadow Lake Provincial Park |url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/provincialpark/2965/meadow-lake-provincial-park#sort=relevancy |website=Tourism Saskatchewan |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |access-date=10 January 2022}} in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada.{{cite web |title=Boreal Plains Ecozone |url=http://ecozones.ca/english/zone/BorealPlains/index.html |website=ecozones |access-date=10 January 2022}} The lake is the first of six notable lakes in the Rusty Creek{{cite web |title=Rusty Creek|url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAJKJ|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=7 May 2022}} watershed part of Meadow Lake Provincial Park. The other lakes include First Mustus, Second Mustus, Third Mustus, Peitahigan, and Fourth Mustus.

Rusty Lake, Rusty Creek, and the other lakes are part of the Waterhen River drainage basin. The Waterhen River is a tributary of the Beaver River, which flows north into Lac Île-à-la-Crosse and the Churchill River, a major tributary in the Hudson Bay drainage basin.{{cite web |title=Rusty Lake Fishing Map |url=http://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/ca_sk_rusty_lake_sk-rusty-lake-nautical-chart.html |website=GPS nautical charts |publisher=Bist LLC |access-date=10 January 2022}} Highway 224 runs along the northern shore of Rusty Lake.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geodata.us/canada_names_maps/maps.php?featureid=HAJKK&f=251|title = Map of Rusty Lake, Saskatchewan, Lake - Canada Geographical Names with Maps}}