Lady Lake is a lake in the
Canadian Province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. It is a natural,
spring-fed lake in the
Rural Municipality of Preeceville No. 334. The lake is south of the
Porcupine Hills and
Porcupine Provincial Forest
The Porcupine Provincial Forest is a protected boreal forest in Canada which covers the Porcupine Hills on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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History
By the end of the 19th century, Eastern Canada had essentially run out of marke ...
in the
Boreal Transition ecozone. Along the lake's western shore is the Lady Lake section of Sturgis & District — Lady Lake Regional Park. To the east of the lake is the
Lilian River Lillian or Lilian can refer to:
People
* Lillian (name) or Lilian, a given name
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and the community of
Lady Lake. The closest town is
Preeceville
Preeceville is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. The town is 10 km (6 miles) west of Sturgis and 99 km (62 miles) north of Yorkton at the junction of Highway 49, Highway 47, Highway 9 and near Highway 755.
Demographics
In the 202 ...
, which is about by road to the south. Access to the lake and its amenities is from
Highway 9.
At about and less than deep, it is a small lake that has been used for recreation since before the formation of the regional park in 1967. The park was born out of 20 acres of land donated by the Gogal family from their original homestead. There is also a
First Nations legend regarding the lake "which stems from a story of an Indian maiden who drowned herself rather than marry a man she did not love, who was chosen by her Chieftain father".
Sturgis & District — Lady Lake Regional Park
Sturgis & District — Lady Lake Regional Park is a
regional park divided into two sections. One section is on the western shore of Lady Lake () and the other is along the
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River (''; french: Rivière Assiniboine'') is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River of the North, Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meand ...
at the town of
Sturgis ().
The Sturgis section of the regional park is a campground and picnic area adjacent to Sturgis on the banks of the Assiniboine River. Access is from
Highway 664. The Lady Lake section has a campground, picnic area, pavilion, boat launch, and lake access with a sandy beach.
Fish species
Lady Lake is regularly
stocked with
brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
,
tiger trout
The tiger trout (''Salmo trutta'' × ''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a sterile, intergeneric hybrid of the brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') and the brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis''). Pronounced vermiculations in the fish's patterning gave rise ...
, and
rainbow trout
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.
See also
*
List of lakes of Saskatchewan
*
Tourism in Saskatchewan
References
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Lakes of Saskatchewan
Preeceville No. 334, Saskatchewan