Woody Lake (Saskatchewan)

For the Lake in Western Australia, see Woody Lake.

Woody Lake
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Location	Porcupine Hills Provincial Park, Saskatchewan
Coordinates	52.4716°N 101.6999°W / 52.4716; -101.6999
Primary outflows	Woody River
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	124.5 ha (308 acres)
Max. depth	3.82 m (12.5 ft)
Water volume	2,109 dam^3 (1,710 acre⋅ft)
Shore length^1	8.66 km (5.38 mi)
Surface elevation	691 m (2,267 ft)
Settlements	None
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Woody Lake[1] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the east-central part of the province in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest. The entire lake is in the Woody River Block of Porcupine Hills Provincial Park.[2] Highway 980 provides access to the lake.[3][4]

Woody Lake is the source of Woody River. The lake's outflow is controlled by the 2.6-metre (8 ft 6 in) Woody Lake Weir. The weir was built in 1978 and then upgraded in 1998. It is owned and operated by the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency.[5] Woody River is a river that flows south then east into neighbouring Manitoba and Swan Lake. The main inflow for Woody Lake is a short River that flows south from Elbow Lake, which is fed by Midnight Creek. On the western end of Woody Lake, another short river flows into it from neighbouring Townsend Lake.[6]

Parks and recreation

Prior to the formation of Porcupine Hills Provincial Park in 2018, the parkland around Woody Lake was a provincial recreation site called Woody River Recreation Site. Access to the lake is at the north-western shore and amenities include a boat launch, picnic area, and fish cleaning station.[7]

Fish species

Fish commonly found in the lake include walleye, perch, and northern pike.

See also

• List of lakes of Saskatchewan
• Tourism in Saskatchewan
• Hudson Bay drainage basin

References

1. "Woody Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
2. "Porcupine Hills Provincial Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
3. "Porcupine Hills Provincial Park, Woody Lake". Google Sites. Google. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
4. "Woody Lake Fishing Map". GPS Nautical Charts. Bist LLC. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
5. "Dams and Reservoirs". wsask. Water Security Agency. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
6. "Woody Lake". Geoview. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
7. "Woody River Recreation Site". BRMB. Backroad Mapbooks. Retrieved 21 April 2022.