Chitek Lake is lake in the

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. It is in the Mid-boreal Upland

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in the west-central part of Saskatchewan. Most of the lake is the RM of Big River No. 555 and only the very southernmost point is in the

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. Along the lake's shores, there is the Chitek Lake Indian reserve, a community, provincial recreation area, resorts, and

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s. The outflow is the Chitek River, which flows out from the northern end of the lake. Access is from

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Description

Chitek Lake is on the

Meadow Lake Escarpment A meadow ( ) is an open habitat, or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non- woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows may be naturally occurring or artifici ...

and set in a forest of mixed coniferous and deciduous tree that include trembling aspen, balsam poplar, white and black spruce, and balsam fir. It is surrounded by rolling hills and

muskeg Muskeg (Ojibwe: mashkiig; cr, maskīk; french: fondrière de mousse, lit. ''moss bog'') is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic and boreal areas. Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bog or ...

and there are 15 other lakes within about . The lake's outflow, Chitek River, flows northward from the northern end of the lake and is a major inflow for Meadow Lake. Meadow Lake's outflow is the

Meadow River The Meadow River is a tributary of the Gauley River, making its headwaters in Greenbrier County and terminating in Nicholas County of West Virginia. It is named for the grassy meadows wetlands which its upper watershed drains, and from which it ...

, which is a tributary of the Beaver River. Chitek Lake and the surrounding

boreal forest Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces ...

is popular for outdoor recreational activities such as hunting, camping, and fishing. As such, there are campgrounds, lodges, and outfitters around the lake to accommodate. At Chitek Lake's north-eastern corner is the

resort village A resort village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municip ...

of Chitek Lake. Within the village is Little Pine Lodge resort and an outfitters, Northern Saskatchewan Wilderness Hunts Inc. Just south of the village, on the lake's eastern shore, is Chamakese Resort. On the west side of the lake, a short distance inland, is Northern Whitetail Outfitters.

Chitek Lake Recreation Site

Chitek Lake Recreation Site () is a leased provincial recreation site at the northern end of the lake, adjacent to and north-west of the community of Chitek Lake. The recreation site has a campground, lake access for fishing and boating, a beach for swimming, and a picnic area. The recreation site also covers the southern half of Little Pelican Lake, the southern tip of Eyapawutik Lake, and Billings Island.

Fish species

Fish commonly found in the lake include

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish water, brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are kno ...

and

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...

References

{{Authority control Lakes of Saskatchewan Big River No. 555, Saskatchewan Spiritwood No. 496, Saskatchewan

Description

Chitek Lake Recreation Site

Fish species

See also

References