| Indi Lake | |
|---|---|
  Indi Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Indi Lake Indi Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 51°42′00″N 106°30′02″W / 51.70000°N 106.50056°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Earthen aqueduct from Lake Diefenbaker |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Built | 1967 |
| First flooded | 1967 |
Indi Lake[1] is a man-made lake in central Saskatchewan, Canada, south of Saskatoon in the Rural Municipality of Dundurn No. 314.[2] The lake was created for irrigation and recreation in 1967 by a dam located at its south end. The lake is part of a greater irrigation and aqueduct system built in the 1960s in Saskatchewan and was named after Indi, an unincorporated railway point nearby on the Canadian National Railway (CNR).[3]
The lake sits in the Blackstrap Coulee,[4] which is 25 kilometres (16 mi) long and consists of two lakes, Blackstrap Lake and Indi Lake. The lakes are connected by an aqueduct system that begins at Lake Diefenbaker. Indi Lake is the shallower of the two lakes and has a more marsh-like bottom; both lake beds were farmed during dry seasons prior the dams being constructed.[5] A short creek at the south end of the lake connects it to Brightwater Creek. Indi Lake is part of the Blackstrap Coulee (SK 078) Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada.[6]
The CN Railway bisects the lake and Highway 11 runs past the lake to the north.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Indi Lake". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Geographic Names Database of Canada - Indi Lake". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Indi". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Blackstrap Coulee". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Blackstrap Coulee - Dundurn, Saskatchewan". Bird Studies Canada. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "Blackstrap Coulee". Important Bird Area Program. Bird Studies Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2013.