Broderick Reservoir is a reservoir about south-southeast of
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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in the
Rural Municipality of Rudy No. 284. Broderick Reservoir was built in 1967 as part of South Saskatchewan River Project. That project involved the building of
aqueducts
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and a series of reservoirs to supply water for irrigation, consumption, and industry originating at
Gardiner Dam
The Gardiner Dam on the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan is the third largest embankment dam in Canada and one of the largest embankment dams in the world. Construction on Gardiner Dam and the smaller Qu'Appelle River Dam was started ...
at
Lake Diefenbaker
Lake Diefenbaker is a reservoir and bifurcation lake in Southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It was formed by the construction of Gardiner Dam and the Qu'Appelle River Dam across the South Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle Rivers respectively. Constructio ...
. Broderick is the first reservoir in the series. Downstream reservoirs include
Brightwater Reservoir
Brightwater Creek is a river in south central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Provinces and territories of C ...
,
Indi Lake
Indi Lake is a man-made lake in central Saskatchewan, Canada, south of Saskatoon in the Rural Municipality of Dundurn No. 314. The lake was created for irrigation and recreation in 1967 by a dam located at its south end. The lake is part of a ...
,
Blackstrap Lake
Blackstrap Lake is a man-made reservoir in central Saskatchewan, Canada, south of Saskatoon in the rural municipality of Dundurn No. 314, Saskatchewan, Dundurn No. 314. The lake was created as a reservoir in 1967, as part of the Saskatoon Sou ...
,
Bradwell Reservoir
Bradwell Reservoir is a man-made reservoir in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. The reservoir was built as part of the South Saskatchewan River Project. That project involved the damming of the ...
,
Zelma Reservoir, and
Dellwood Reservoir.
There are no communities along the shores of the reservoir.
Broderick
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, the closest community, is about to the north. The public has access to the reservoir for fishing and other water sports.
Broderick West and North Dams
Broderick Reservoir is supplied by the M1 Canal from Lake Diefenbaker. The reservoir, which has a capacity of , is bounded by two dams. The West Dam is high and the North Dam is high.
Fish species
Fish commonly found in Broderick Reservoir include
northern pike
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,
yellow perch
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,
burbot
The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments di ...
,
sauger
The sauger (''Sander canadensis'') is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae that resembles its close relative, the walleye. The species is a member of the largest vertebrate order, the Perciformes.Jaeger, Matthew. 2004. Montana's Fi ...
, and
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...
.
See also
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List of lakes of Saskatchewan
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Larger lake statistics
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Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
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SaskWater
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Dams and reservoirs in Saskatchewan
References
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Lakes of Saskatchewan
Rudy No. 284, Saskatchewan
Dams in Saskatchewan
Dams completed in 1967