Cowan Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

in the Beaver River watershed. The primary inflow for the lake is Big River at the lake's southern end by the town of Big River and the outflow, located near the lake's northern end, is

Cowan River __NOTOC__ Cowan River is a river in the west-central part of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the Boreal forest of Canada, boreal forest ecozone of Canada. The river begins at Cowan Lake Dam near th ...

at Cowan Lake Dam. The dam was originally built in 1937 and was upgraded in 1971. It is high and the total volume of the reservoir created by the dam is .

Highway 55 The following highways are numbered 55: International * European route E55 * Arab Mashreq route M55 Argentina * San Luis Provincial Route 55 Australia * Carnarvon Highway * Castlereagh Highway * Karoonda Highway Belgium * N55 road (Belgiu ...

follows the length of the lake along its eastern shore and Highway 942 runs up most of the length of the western shore.

Parks and recreation

At the southern end of Cowan Lake at the town of Big River is

Big River Regional Park Big River is a town located on the southern end of Cowan Lake in north central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is just north of Saskatchewan's extensive grain belt on Highway 55 (part of the inter-provincial Northern Woods and Water Route) and abo ...

(). The park has a campground and boat launch on the lake's shore. At the northern end of the lake is Cowan Dam Recreation Site (). It is a small campground at the dam that is accessed from Highway 55.

Fish species

Commonly found fish in the lake include

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a p ...

yellow perch The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Sam ...

, 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 ...

References

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Parks and recreation

Fish species

See also

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