Jackfish Lake is a large body of shallow water in central

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 ...

, Canada. It is located about south of the village of Edam on Highway 26. Communities on or near the lake shore include

Meota Meota ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468 and Census Division No. 17. The village name is derived from the Cree phrase Meotate or Mo-Was-In-Ota, meaning " ...

, Metinota,

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, and Aquadeo. The lake is accessed from Highways 4, 26,

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, and

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. Jackfish River, located at the lake's southern end, is the primary outflow. It exits the lake at the southern end and flows south into the

North Saskatchewan River The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows event ...

. Charette Creek, Jackfish Creek, and a short stream from Murry Lake at Cochin are the primary inflows.

Parks and recreation

The lake is surrounded by several beaches, with three

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, over 300 campsites and several

hiking A hike is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Long hikes as part of a religious pilgrimage have existed for a much longer time. "Hi ...

trails at

The Battlefords Provincial Park The Battlefords Provincial Park is a recreational provincial park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. It is about north of the city of North Battleford in the RM of Meota No. 468 on Jackfish Lake. Highway 4 runs north from North Batt ...

. Meota Regional Park is located at the southern end of the lake beside the village of Meota.

Fishing

Fish commonly found in the lake include

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'') ...

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 ...

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

burbot The burbot (''Lota lota''), also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of ...

, and whitefish.

Gallery

File:Jackfish Lake, SK - September 14 2013 (9766890293).jpg, Pier at Jackfish Lake File:Jackfish Lake, SK - September 14 2013 (9766613882).jpg File:Jackfish Lake, SK - September 14 2013 (9766611111).jpg File:Martinson's Beach, Jackfish Lake, SK.jpg, View of Jackfish Lake from Martinson's Beach.

References

External links

{{Authority control Meota No. 468, Saskatchewan Lakes of Saskatchewan

Parks and recreation

Fishing

Gallery

See also

References

External links