Churchill Lake, Saskatchewan

Churchill Lake
Churchill Lake at Buffalo Narrows
Geographical location	Saskatchewan (Canada)
Tributaries	Kisis Channel from Peter Pond Lake , Simonds Channel from Frobisher Lake
Drain	MacBeth Channel ( Churchill River )
Places on the shore	Buffalo Narrows
Data
Coordinates	55 ° 55 ′  N , 108 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 55 ′  N , 108 ° 20 ′  W
Altitude above sea level	421  m
surface	559 km²
length	40.6 km
width	22.4 km
volume	4.88 km³
scope	212 km
Maximum depth	24 m
Middle deep	9 m
Catchment area	7874 km²

Churchill Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . The 543 km² large lake (with islands it is 559 km²) is located in a very lake-rich area in the northwest of the province and forms the origin of the Churchill River . Buffalo Narrows is located on the western shore of the lake on an isthmus that separates the lake from Peter Pond Lake to the west . There the water of Peter Pond Lake flows to him over the Kisis Channel . To the northeast of Churchill Lake is Frobisher Lake , which flows over the Simonds Channel to Churchill Lake. At the southwestern end of the lake, the MacBeth Channel , which is attributed to the Churchill River, leaves the lake south to Lac Île-à-la-Crosse .

fauna

Churchill Lake fish species include: eyeglass , Canadian pikeperch , American perch , pike , American char , herring vendace , coregonus , the sucker carp Catostomus commersonii and Catostomus catostomus, and the burbot .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)