Jumbo Lake is a lake in the

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in the transition zone between parkland and

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 ...

. It is also known as ''Big'' Jumbo Lake to differentiate it from adjoining Little Jumbo Lake. Big and Little Jumbo Lakes make up the heart of

Makwa Lake Provincial Park Makwa Lake Provincial Park is a recreational provincial park in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the transition zone between parkland and boreal forest. The park was established in 1986 and is centred around ...

and are part of several inter-connected lakes that include

Makwa Lake Makwa Lake, which is Cree for Loon Lake, is a lake in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the transition zone between parkland and boreal forest. The Battle of Loon Lake, which was last battle of the North-Wes ...

and Upper Makwa Lake. The southern half of the lake is within Makwa Lake Provincial Park and the northern half is within Makwa Lake 129B

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. Access to both lakes is from Highway 699. Jumbo, Little Jumbo, and Makwa Lakes are all connected and the water levels are controlled by the Makwa Lake Control dam, which is located at the source of the

Makwa River Makwa River (also called Loon River) is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the transition zone between parkland and boreal forest. ''Makwa'' is Cree for ''Loon''. The upper reaches of the Makwa River's watershed reach just ac ...

at the north-east corner of Makwa Lake.

Parks and recreation

Most of the southern half of Big and Little Jumbo Lakes are within

. There are three campgrounds with about 260 campsites and several beaches around the lakes. Jumbo Beach Campground, Stabler Point Campground, Makwa Lake Beach, and Loon Lake Golf Course are located on Little Jumbo while Mewasin Beach Campground and Silver Birch Bible Camp are on Big Jumbo.

Fish species

Fish species commonly found in the lake include

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 ...

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 ...

, and

yellow perch The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill fr ...

References

External links

Makwa Lake Park
{{Authority control Lakes of Saskatchewan Loon Lake No. 561, Saskatchewan Division No. 17, Saskatchewan

Parks and recreation

Fish species

See also

References

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