Atton Lake is a
spring fed,
closed basin lake on the western side of the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. The lake is north-east of the town of
Cut Knife, south-east of
Paynton, and directly east of
Poundmaker Indian reserve in the
RM of Cut Knife No. 439
The Rural Municipality of Cut Knife No. 439 (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipality (RM) in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within ...
. The confluence of
Cut Knife Creek
Cut Knife Creek is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river begins about south of the Highway 40 / Highway 21 intersection and ends at Battle River in the Poundmaker Cree Nation. Battle River is a major tributary of the ...
and
Battle River
Battle River is a river in central Alberta and western Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a major tributary of the North Saskatchewan River.
The Battle River flows for and drains a total area of . Its mean discharge at the mouth is 10 m³/s. ...
is to the north-west. Access to the lake and associated park is from
Highway 40, east of Cut Knife.
Atton Lake is a shallow lake at about only deep. Directly to the east is another shallow Lake, Bushy Lake, and to the west is Wishtikan Lake. The area around the lake is well-treed. Along the southern shore of the lake is Atton's Lake Regional Park which has a campground, beach access, and golf course. Around the southern half of the lake is a cottage subdivision.
Atton's Lake Regional Park
Atton's Lake Regional Park () is a
regional park
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A regional park can be a special park distr ...
located north-east of the town of Cut Knife on the southern shore of Atton Lake. The park features a campground with electric sites, sandy beach, picnic area, ball diamond, 9-hole golf course, and a boat launch. The beach is about 150 metres long with an unsupervised swimming area. In the summer months, Red Cross offers scheduled swimming lessons. On Saturdays and Sundays, no motorised boats are allowed on the lake.
Atton's Lake Regional Park Golf Course opened in 1965 and features a pro shop and licensed club house. It is a 9-hole, par 36, grass-green course totalling 2,832 yards.
Fish species
Fish commonly found in Atton Lake include
northern pike
The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (pikes). They are commonly found in brackish water, moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). T ...
and
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern ...
.
See also
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List of lakes of Saskatchewan
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Larger lake statistics
"The total area of a lake ...
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List of protected areas of Saskatchewan
This is a list of protected areas of Saskatchewan.
National parks
Provincial parks
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Tourism in Saskatchewan
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References
External links
Atton's Lake - A Summer Meeting Place
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Lakes of Saskatchewan
Cut Knife No. 439, Saskatchewan
Endorheic lakes of Canada