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Cannington Lake, also known as Cannington Lake Resort, is a
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within the Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain No. 63 in the
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at the north-east corner of
Cannington Lake Cannington Lake, also known as Cannington Lake Resort, is a hamlet within the Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain No. 63 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan at the north-east corner of Cannington Lake. Listed as a designated place by ...
. Listed as a
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by
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, the hamlet had a population of 0 in the Canada 2011 Census. The resort is on the north-eastern shore of the lake and has over 20 lots owned, with six occupied cabins. The
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does not list a population for Cannington Lake, only for the RM of Moose Mountain, which was 492 in 2016.


History

Cannington Lake was once a popular resort as the population would grow during the summer months. Until the 1980s, it was home to several campsites, barbecue areas, two boat launches, a beach, several rentable cabins, a miniature golf course, and other services. In the 1960s, Ed McCullough had wanted to build a ski hill north of the lake and had purchased the
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from the nearby town of Carlyle for the project. The movers got the railway station as far as Cannington then refused to move it up the hill, so the project was never completed. Over the years the lake water levels declined severely due to beaver damming, resulting in many of the residents moving their cabins away. Other nearby lakes, such as
White Bear (Carlyle) Lake White Bear (Carlyle) Lake is a Endorheic lake, closed-basin lake in the Moose Mountain Upland. It is the largest lake on the plateau, slightly larger than its neighbour, Kenosee Lake. White Bear (Carlyle) Lake is within the White Bear 70 Indian ...
and
Kenosee Lake Kenosee Lake is a closed-basin lake in south-east corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake lies in Moose Mountain Provincial Park in the heart of the Moose Mountain Upland, a forested plateau that rises about 200 metres abov ...
have had similar issues with beaver dams. The lake levels have been on the rise in recent years due to beaver control measures.


Demographics


See also

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References

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