Smoothstone Lake | |
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Location | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
Coordinates | 54°40′00″N 106°50′02″W / 54.6667°N 106.8339°W |
Part of | Churchill River drainage basin |
Primary inflows | Smoothstone River |
River sources | Waskesiu Upland |
Primary outflows | Smoothstone River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Surface area | 27,907 ha (68,960 acres) |
Max. depth | 27 m (89 ft) |
Shore length1 | 96 km (60 mi) |
Surface elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
Islands | Shelter Island |
Settlements | None |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Smoothstone Lake[1] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan along the course of the Smoothstone River. The lake is at the western edge of the Waskesiu Upland in the Mid-Boreal Upland ecozone of Canada and is surrounded by boreal forests.[2] Smoothstone Lake's primary inflow and outflow is the Smoothstone River,[3] which begins in the Waskesiu Upland and ends at Pinehouse Lake of the Churchill River. At the lake's northern end is Selenite Point, Selenite Bay, and the 362.2-hectare (895-acre) Shelter Island.[4] Access to the lake and its amenities is from Highway 917.[5][6] Highway 929 dead ends near Selenite Bay at the lake's northern end.