First Mustus Lake is a lake in

Meadow Lake Provincial Park Meadow Lake Provincial Park is a northern boreal forest provincial recreational park along the Waterhen and Cold Rivers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The park was founded on 10 March 1959, is the largest provincial park in Sask ...

in the

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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, ...

ecozone of Canada. The lake is the first of four lakes in a row named ''Mustus'' in the Rusty Creek watershed. The other lakes are Second, Third, and Fourth Mustus. Rusty Creek and the lakes are part of the Waterhen River

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

. The Waterhen River is a tributary of the Beaver River, which flows north into Lac Île-à-la-Crosse and the Churchill River, a major tributary in the Hudson Bay drainage basin. Highway 224 provides access to both First and Second Mustus Lakes. There are two main inflows for First Mustus Lake and one outflow. At the south-east corner of the lake, Rusty Creek flows out and into the next lake downstream,

Rusty Lake Rusty Lake is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada. The lake is the first of six notable lakes in the Rusty Creek watershed part of Meadow Lake Provincial Park. ...

. Dennis Creek, which has its source in the Mostoos Hills, flows into the north-east corner. The river from the other three Mustus Lakes and

Peitahigan Lake Peitahigan Lake is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada. The lake is one of six notable lakes in the Rusty Creek watershed. The other lakes include Rusty, Fir ...

flow into First Mustus at the western end.

Kimball Lake Kimball Lake is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada. The lake is located near the centre of the park, north of the Waterhen River and Little Raspberry Lake and ...

is directly south of First Mustus, Rusty Lake is south-east, and Second and Third Mustus are to the west.

Recreation

On the south-eastern shore of First Mustus Lake, just north of the Rusty Creek outflow, is First Mustus Campground. It is a reservation only campground that is for environmental education group camping. It features a solar-powered water system, composting toilets, food storage lockers, a six tent cluster site, culvert barbecues, and a picnic shelter.

Second, Third, and Fourth Lakes

Second Mustus Lake is in size, deep, and above sea level. A boat launch and washroom facilities are located along the southern shore, just off Highway 224. The lake's inflow from Third Mustus is at the northern shore and the outflow is at the eastern end. Third Mustus Lake is in size and deep with an elevation of . On the west side of the lake is a creek that flows from Peitahigan Lake and on the north shore of the lake is the creek that flows in from Fourth Mustus Lake. Along the southern shore is the lake's outflow, which flows a short distance south into Second Mustus Lake. Fourth Mustus Lake is the smallest at in size and has an elevation of above sea level. The lake's outflow is at the eastern end of the lake and it flows south-west into Third Mustus Lake.

Fish species

Fish species found in the lakes 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 ...

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

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 Samu ...

References

{{authority control Lakes of Saskatchewan Meadow Lake No. 588, Saskatchewan Beaver River No. 622, Saskatchewan Division No. 17, Saskatchewan

Recreation

Second, Third, and Fourth Lakes

Fish species

See also

References