Moose Mountain Lake
Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moose Mountain Lake[1] is a reservoir in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the RM of Golden West No. 95 in the Prairies Ecozone[2] of Palliser's Triangle at the western edge of Moose Mountain Upland. Moose Mountain Creek is both the primary inflow and outflow of the lake; it enters at the north end and leaves at the dam[3] in the south end. A secondary inflow that comes from Gooseberry Lake enters on the western side near the south end.
Moose Mountain Lake | |
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Location | Saskatchewan |
Coordinates | 49.8975°N 103.0400°W / 49.8975; -103.0400 |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Moose Mountain Creek |
Primary outflows | Moose Mountain Creek |
Catchment area | Souris River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 11.2 km (7.0 mi) |
Max. width | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
Surface area | 395.2 ha (977 acres) |
Max. depth | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
Water volume | 11,535 dam3 (9,352 acre⋅ft) |
Shore length1 | 28 km (17 mi) |
Surface elevation | 629 m (2,064 ft) |
Settlements | None |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The lake runs at a diagonal in a north to east direction and is about seven miles long while less than a mile wide. The total surface area is 395 hectares (980 acres) and the shoreline measures 28 kilometres (17 mi). It was created in 1937 with the damming of Moose Mountain Creek and is situated in the Moose Mountain Creek valley, which was formed during the last ice age.[4]