Cree Lake

Cree Lake
Location	Saskatchewan
Lake type	glacial lake
Primary outflows	Cree River
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	1,434 km2 (554 sq mi)
Surface elevation	487 m (1,598 ft)
Settlements	none[1]

Cree Lake is a lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. The lake is the fourth largest in the province and is located west of Reindeer Lake and south of Lake Athabasca.^[2] There is no highway access, but the lake is reachable by float plane. There is Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) Airport (bush strip), which serves Crystal Lodge, a fly-in fishing lodge, but there is no settlement, town or village at Cree Lake^{[citation needed]}, despite the fact one is shown on the official Saskatchewan Highway Map issued by the Province of Saskatchewan.

Fish species

Fish species include walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco, burbot, arctic grayling, white sucker and longnose sucker.

Islands

The lake has several named and un-named islands. Some of the named islands include:

• Auriat Island
• Cowie Island
• Dahl Island
• Davies Island
• Dixon Island (Saskatchewan)
• Fleming Island (Saskatchewan)
• Ispatinow Island - (containing Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) Airport and Crystal Lodge)
• Johns Island (Saskatchewan)
• Keeping Island
• Laurier Island
• Pelletier Island
• Prowse Island
• Ring Island
• Rogers Island (Saskatchewan)
• Turner Island (Saskatchewan)

See also

• List of lakes in Saskatchewan

References

1. ^ The Official Saskatchewan Highway Map, including the 2011 edition, published by the Province of Saskatchewan, does, however show a settlement by the name of Cree Lake.
2. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia

• Statistics Canada
• "Western North America map". World Lakes Database. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20080124055039/http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/map/area/wname.html. 
• "Cree Lake | World Lake Database". http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/LakeDB2/Lake.asp?LakeID=SNAM-038&RoutePrm=0%3A%3B6%3Aload%3B8%3Aload%3B. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
• Anglersatlas.com
• Fish Species of Saskatchewan
• The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

Coordinates: 57°30′N 106°30′W / 57.5°N 106.5°W / 57.5; -106.5