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Access to the lake is provided by the community airstrip (Wollaston Lake Airport) and an all-weather road (Highway 905) to La Ronge. [13]This road passes by the western side of the lake, while the community of Wollaston Lake is located on the eastern side, but the lake can be crossed by a winter road when the lake is frozen (November through June) [5] and by the Wollaston barge when it is not ...
Manitou Lake is part of an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada that covers 699.66 km 2 (270.14 sq mi) of land and several neighbouring lakes. Because the lake is an endorheic lake [3] and quite salty, there are no fish in the lake. Manitou Island in the centre of the lake is now connected to the southern shore as the water level has lowered. [4]
Manitou & District Regional Park) is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Watrous on HighwayThe park is split up into three different spots near the lake. At the lake itself, there's the beach, 500 metres (1,600 ft) south along Highway 365 on the west side is Manitou Beach Golf Club, [7] and across from the golf course on the east side of the highway is the campground.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
Radisson Lake (SK 083) IBA covers an area of 17.07 km 2 (6.59 sq mi) that includes the lake and surrounding land. The habitat is important to several species of birds, including geese, swans, ducks, piping plovers, and whooping cranes. The beaches along the north-western shore and east-side bay are designated as critical piping plover habitat.
The lake was a major food source for the indigenous people of the area, supporting large populations of fish and migratory birds. [7] The Salton Sea currently occupies the lowest level of the former Lake Cahuilla. At some point, in the past few thousand years, the Colorado River stopped replenishing Lake Cahuilla, and the lake slowly dissipated.
Tulare Lake (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ) or Tache Lake (Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River . [ 2 ]
Jackfish Lake [5] is a small hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located north of Jackfish Lake, at the junction of L'Heureux Road and Jackfish Road. It is approximately 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the city of North Battleford.