Umisk Island is a small island in

Beaverlodge Lake Beaverlodge Lake is a remote lake in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, located east of Uranium City. Road access is provided by Highway 962. The former Eldorado town site is on the lake and there has been extensive uranium exploration in the ...

, Northern

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. The island has a public picnic area. The west shore of the island was the site of exploratory

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

mining. The site was originally staked and surveyed by Eldorado Mining and Refining between 1946 and 1947 (referred to as BEAVER Claim No. 4). In 1953 the claim was purchased by Meta Uranium Mines Ltd and in 1954 a prospect shaft to a depth of was constructed. Mining operations were suspended in November 1955, however remnants of the mine site still remain on the island.Assessment of Adandoned Mines 2000
/ref> In the spring of 1994 the Greater Lenora Resource Corporation staked a new claim on the island.

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Uninhabited islands of Saskatchewan Lake islands of Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-geo-stub