Elbow Lake | |
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Location | Porcupine Hills Provincial Park, Saskatchewan |
Coordinates | 52°29′06″N 101°42′36″W / 52.4851°N 101.7099°W |
Primary inflows | Midnight Creek |
Catchment area | Woody River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Surface area | 147.9 ha (365 acres) |
Max. depth | 15.6 m (51 ft) |
Shore length1 | 13.6 km (8.5 mi) |
Surface elevation | 691 m (2,267 ft) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Elbow Lake[1] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the east-central part of the province at the terminus of Midnight Creek in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest. The lake is in the Woody River Block of Porcupine Hills Provincial Park[2] and is situated in boreal forest[3] surrounded by hills, other small lakes, and muskeg. The small community of Elbow Lake is located at the north-west corner and Highway 980 provides access to it and the lake.