Pelican Lake (Saskatchewan)

Pelican Lake
Pelican Lake (top left)
Pelican Lake is located in Saskatchewan
Pelican Lake
Pelican Lake
Location in Saskstchewan
Pelican Lake is located in Canada
Pelican Lake
Pelican Lake
Pelican Lake (Canada)
LocationNorthern Saskatchewan Administration District
Coordinates55°08′31″N 103°00′15″W / 55.1419°N 103.0042°W / 55.1419; -103.0042
Primary inflows
Primary outflowsOpawikusehikan Narrows[1]
Basin countriesCanada
Surface area9,937.5 ha (24,556 acres)[2]
Shore length1357.71 km (222.27 mi)
Surface elevation310 m (1,020 ft)
Islands
  • Richardson Island
SettlementsPelican Narrows
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Pelican Lake[3] is a lake in the Northern Administration District of the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. The lake is situated in Canada's boreal forest. While there are several lakes and small rivers that flow into Pelican Lake, there are two main inflows. At the lake's southern end, a channel flows in from the west from Deschambault Lake. North-east of that, another channel flows in from the east from Jan Lake. Its outflow is through Opawikusehikan Narrows (also known as Pelican Narrows), near Pelican Narrows,[4] into Mirond Lake.[5] Pelican lake is in the Sturgeon-Weir River drainage basin. The Sturgeon-Weir River is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.[6]

Access to Pelican Lake and its amenities is from Highway 135.[7]

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  2. ^ "Pelican Lake". Sask Lakes. Sask Lakes. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Pelican Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Community of Pelican Narrows". Peter Ballantyne. Peter Ballantyne. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Pelican Narrows". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Pelican Lake Fishing Map". GPS Nautical Charts. Bist LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Pelican Lake, Saskatchewan Map:". Geodata.us. Geodata.us. Retrieved 13 September 2023.