Elbow Lake is a lake in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. It is located in the east-central part of the province at the terminus of
Midnight Creek
Midnight Creek is a river in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river begins in the heart of the Porcupine Hills and of the Manitoba Escarpment and heads in a generally south-east direction through ...
in the
Porcupine Hills
The Porcupine Hills refer to various groups of hills and uplands located in the prairie provinces of Canada, specifically the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. They are part of the Manitoba Escarpment, which was the shoreline of the anc ...
and
Porcupine Provincial Forest
The Porcupine Provincial Forest is a protected boreal forest in Canada which covers the Porcupine Hills on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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History
By the end of the 19th century, Eastern Canada had essentially run out of marke ...
. The lake is in the Woody River Block of
Porcupine Hills Provincial Park and is situated in
boreal forest
Taiga or tayga ( ; , ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by pinophyta, coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest, is the world's largest land biome. I ...
surrounded by hills, other small lakes, and
muskeg
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. The small community of
Elbow Lake is located at the north-west corner and
Highway 980 provides access to it and the lake.
Description
Prior to the formation of
Porcupine Hills Provincial Park in 2018, the parkland around Elbow Lake was a
provincial recreation site called Woody River Recreation Site. The Elbow Lake's primary inflow,
Midnight Creek
Midnight Creek is a river in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river begins in the heart of the Porcupine Hills and of the Manitoba Escarpment and heads in a generally south-east direction through ...
, enters the lake at the north-west corner beside the community of Elbow Lake. To the west of Elbow Lake is Stark Lake which is connected by a short stream. A stream from
Spirit Lake enters along the northern shore and at the southern end of the lake. The outflow is a short river that flows out from the southern shore into
Woody Lake, which is the source of the
Woody River
Woody River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The river's source is in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest of eastern Saskatchewan. From there it flows south through boreal forest and then east ...
.
Fish species
Fish commonly found in Elbow Lake include
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern ...
,
perch
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis'') ...
, and
northern pike
The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (pikes). They are commonly found in brackish water, moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). T ...
.
See also
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List of lakes of Saskatchewan
This is a list of lakes of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada. The largest and most notable lakes are listed at the start, followed by an alphabetical listing of other lakes of the province.
Larger lake statistics
"The total area of a lake ...
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Tourism in Saskatchewan
There are numerous heritages and cultural attractions in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Museums, dinosaur digs, aboriginal cultural and heritage sites, art galleries, professional sport venues, spas, handcraft, antique and tea shops, ...
References
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Lakes of Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay No. 394, Saskatchewan