| Mission Lake | |
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 Mission Lake | |
  Mission Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Mission Lake Mission Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Saskatchewan |
| Group | Fishing Lakes |
| Coordinates | 50°45′33″N 103°44′29″W / 50.75917°N 103.74139°W |
| Primary inflows | Qu'Appelle River |
| Primary outflows | Qu'Appelle River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Surface area | 769 ha (1,900 acres) |
| Average depth | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
| Max. depth | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Water volume | 62,937 dam3 (51,024 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 14.5 km (9.0 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
| Settlements | Lebret |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Mission Lake,[1] also known as Lebret Lake, is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is one of four lakes in the Qu'Appelle Valley known as the Fishing Lakes.[2] Echo Lake is upstream and Katepwa Lake is downstream. The lake was named Mission after the Catholic mission at Lebret. Highways 22 35, and 56 provide access to the lake.[3]
Mission Lake, as well as the other three Fishing Lakes, are all in the Qu'Appelle Valley, which was formed about 14,000 years ago during the last ice age. Meltwater from the glaciers carved out the valley and as water levels rose and fell, alluvium was left in the wake. These piles of alluvium are what created the separations between the lakes.[4]
The Qu'Appelle River is both the primary inflow and out flow. The river enters the lake at the west end, near the town of Fort Qu'Appelle, and exits the lake at the south-east end. Echo Creek[5] is a small creek that rises to the south-west near McLean and enters the lake at the south-west corner.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Mission Lake". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Lower Qu'Appelle River Watershed | Water Security Agency". Wsask.ca. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Qu'Appelle Lakes, Saskatchewan, Canada". Lake Lubbers. Lakelubbers LLC. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Qu'Appelle Valley Geolog". Cmste.uregina.ca. 8 October 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Echo Creek". www4.rncan.gc.ca.