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Makwa Lake Provincial Park is a recreational
provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to t ...
in the west-central region of 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 transition zone between parkland and
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, spruc ...
. The park was established in 1986 and is centred around the lakes of Big Jumbo, Little Jumbo, and Makwa. Prior to its establishment, the park was a provincial recreation site. The main entrance to Makwa Lake Park is at the south-east corner of Makwa Lake about west of the village of Loon Lake. Access is from Highway 699. Makwa Lake Provincial Park is split into two sections, one on the north-eastern shore of Makwa Lake and the other covering most of the southern half of Big Jumbo and Little Jumbo Lakes. The section of park on Makwa Lake is accessed from Highway 26 and has the source of the Makwa River and Makwa Lake Control dam but has few other amenities or attractions. The section around the Jumbo Lakes has campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic areas, beaches, boat launches, and a golf course. There are a total of five lakes within the park's boundaries.


Amenities and attractions

Makwa Lake Provincial Park has three separate campgrounds with a combined 260 campsites. All three campsites have beach access while the largest is Stabler Point Campground with over 200 campsites. Stabler Point Campground is located on Little Jumbo Lake and is well treed has a sewer-dump, showers, washrooms, and a picnic area. Also on Little Jumbo Lake is Jumbo Beach Campground. It is the smallest with 16 tenting only sites but it has beach access and a boat launch. Meewasin Beach Campground, with about 40 campsites, is located on Big Jumbo Lake. The campground has beach access, a boat launch, showers and washrooms, and potable water. Just south of Meewasin Beach Campground, along the park's southern boundary, is a small lake called Exner Lake. In 1992, it was stocked with rainbow trout and, more recently, stocked with
splake The splake or slake (''Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a hybrid of two fish species resulting from the crossing of a male brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') and a female lake trout (''Salvelinus namaycush''). The name it ...
. A boat launch is located on its northern shore. Other attractions in the park include several hiking trails, a 9-hole grass greens golf course, and a Bible camp. In the winter, there's ice fishing and cross-country skiing.


Flora and fauna

The forests in the park consist of
birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains ...
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aspen Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the '' Populus'' genus. Species These species are called aspens: *'' Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (Chin ...
, and
jack pine Jack pine (''Pinus banksiana'') is an eastern North American pine. Its native range in Canada is east of the Rocky Mountains from the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories to Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, and the north-central and ...
. Animals include black bears, foxes, deer, and a variety of birds. Fish 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 p ...
,
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 ...
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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 ...
, rainbow trout, and
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 ri ...
.


See also

*
List of protected areas of Saskatchewan This is a list of protected areas of Saskatchewan. National parks Provincial parks The federal government transferred control of natural resources to the western provinces in 1930 with the Natural Resources Acts. At that time, ...
*
Tourism in Saskatchewan There are numerous heritages and cultural attractions in the province of Saskatchewan. Museums, dinosaur digs, aboriginal cultural and heritage sites, art galleries, professional sport venues, spas, handcraft, antique and tea shops, agricultural t ...
* Steele Narrows Provincial Park


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Makwa Lake Park
{{Authority control Provincial parks of Saskatchewan Loon Lake No. 561, Saskatchewan