Pierce Lake is a lake in
Meadow Lake Provincial Park
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in the
Canadian Province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. It is situated along the course of the
Cold River in the
boreal forest
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ecozone of Canada. Upstream along Cold River from Pierce Lake is
Cold Lake and downstream are Lepine Lake and
Lac des Îles. Pierce Lake and Cold River are in the
Beaver River watershed
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Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
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* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
, which is part of the
Churchill River and
Hudson Bay drainage basin
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.
Highway 21 heads north up from
Highway 55
The following highways are numbered 55:
International
* European route E55
* Arab Mashreq International Road Network, Arab Mashreq route M55
Argentina
* Provincial Route 55 (San Luis), San Luis Provincial Route 55
Australia
* Carnarvon Highw ...
to provide access to Pierce Lake near Howe Bay at the eastern end and Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Howe Bay is the location of Pierce Lake Lodge and the convergence of
Highways 950 and
919
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Year 919 ( CMXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By Place
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. Highway 919 heads west to Cold Lake along the southern shore of Pierce Lake and 950 heads north crossing Cold River then east along Lepine Lake's northern shore en route to Lac des Îles.
Recreation
Being in a
provincial park
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
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, there are many recreational opportunities at Pierce Lake, including boating, camping, fishing, and swimming.
Pierce Lake Lodge is located at the south-east corner of the lake at Howe Bay. The lodge offers 55 campsites, cabin rentals, beach access, docks, and boat rentals. The lodge can be accessed from Highway 950 and is at the 24-kilometre marker of the
Boreal Trail.
Along the southern shore of the lake is Sandy Beach Campground. The campground features 83 individual sites, some with electrical hooks and others unserviced, and multiple group sites. Washrooms, showers, a store, a sani-dump, and potable water are available at the campground. As the name suggests, there's a sandy beach for swimming and other activities. There's a playground, concession stand, picnic area, and a boat launch at the beach.
The beach and campground are accessed from Highway 919.
Fish species
Fish in the lake include
lake trout
The lake trout (''Salvelinus namaycush'') is a freshwater Salvelinus, char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Sup ...
,
northern pike
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, and
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 ...
.
Sport fishing in the summer and winter are popular activities on the lake.
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
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References
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Lakes of Saskatchewan
Beaver River No. 622, Saskatchewan
Division No. 17, Saskatchewan