| Big Muddy Lake | |
|---|---|
  Big Muddy Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Big Muddy Lake Big Muddy Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | RM of Reno No. 51 and RM of Surprise Valley No. 9, Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 49°09′00″N 104°51′02″W / 49.1501°N 104.8505°W |
| Type | Salt lake |
| Part of | Missouri River drainage basin |
| Primary outflows | Big Muddy Creek |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Shore length1 | 75 km (47 mi)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 656 m (2,152 ft) |
| Islands | McKell Island |
| Settlements | None |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Big Muddy Lake[2] is a shallow salt lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is in the Big Muddy Badlands[3] of the southern part of the province in the RMs of Happy Valley No. 10 and Surprise Valley No. 9. There are no communities, public roads, nor any facilities at the lake. The closest communities are Bengough, Minton, and Big Beaver, while the closest highways are 6 and 18. The Canada–United States border and the state of Montana are 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the lake.[4] The lake and much of the surrounding landscape is protected as an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada.
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- ^ "Big Muddy Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Harel, Claude-Jean. "Big Muddy Valley". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. University of Regina. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Big Muddy Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada". Mindat. mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 20 November 2022.