Davin Lake is a

glacial lake A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. Formation Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,0 ...

in the

boreal forest Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, ...

of the

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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, 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 t ...

. On the eastern shore of the lake—at Currie Bay—is a provincial campground and Davin Lake Lodge. The lodge is an outfitters and has cabin and boat rentals. Access to the lake and its amenities is from Highway 905 and

Davin Lake Airport Davin Lake Airport, formerly , was located adjacent to Davin Lake Lodge, a fly-in fishing lodge in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. See also * List of airports in Saskatchewan This is a list of airports in Saskatchewan. It includes all Nav ...

. There are no communities on the lake's shore. Davin Lake is irregularly shaped and has multiple bays and islands. Its outflow is a short river that flows from the north end of the lake into Wathaman Lake. Wathaman Lake is connected to the Wathaman River, which flows east into Reindeer Lake.

Davin Lake Recreation Site

Davin Lake Recreation Site () is campground on Currie Bay of Davin Lake. The park covers an area of and is accessed from Highway 905 and the airfield.

Fish species

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 ...

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 ...

, and lake trout are fish commonly found in Davin Lake.

References

External links

Davin Lake Lodge
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