Calling Lake is a large

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much lar ...

in north-central

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. The lake's name comes from the First Nations of the area, who heard the lake ice cracking. It has a total area of and is located in a large bend of the

Athabasca River The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') is a river in Alberta, Canada, which originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is p ...

, 60 km north of the town of

Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may a ...

on Highway 813. The

Calling Lake Provincial Park Calling Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada. It is a boreal forest reserve located north of Athabasca on Highway 813, and north of Edmonton, on the southern shore of Calling Lake. The marshy shores of the lake provide ...

is located on the southern shore of the lake, and the ''Jean Baptiste Gambler 183''

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: ** First Nat ...

reserve of the Bigstone Cree Nation is established in the hamlet of Calling Lake on the eastern shore. The waters of the lake are drained through the ''Calling River'' into the

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Lakes of Alberta Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 {{NorthernAlberta-geo-stub

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