Bonnie Lake is a small

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Vilna, Alberta Vilna is a historic village in central Alberta, Canada. Vilna is located in Smoky Lake County, on Highway 28, northeast of the city of Edmonton. ''Bonnie Lake Provincial Recreation Area'' is located north of the community, on the shores of Bo ...

, north of Highway 28, and is part of the

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basin. The lake has a surface of and reaches a maximum depth of , while the average depth is . Bonnie Lake drains a total area of . The lake drains through its south shore into Stony Creek which empties into the

. There is a small camp ground with 25 sites, power, and a beach, managed as the ''Bonnie Lake Provincial Recreation Area''. There are very few fish in the lake, but there is a large number of birds on the lake. There is also a small golf course very close to the lake.

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Lakes of Alberta Smoky Lake County {{CentralAlberta-geo-stub