Middle Foster Lake
| Middle Foster Lake | |
|---|---|
  Middle Foster Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Middle Foster Lake Middle Foster Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
| Coordinates | 56°35′12″N 105°29′54″W / 56.5868°N 105.4982°W |
| Type | Glacial Lake |
| Part of | Churchill River drainage basin |
| Foster River | |
River sources | Canadian Shield |
| Foster River | |
| Basin countries | Canada |
Surface area | 3,694 ha (9,130 acres) |
| Max. depth | 20.8 m (68 ft)[1] |
Shore length1 | 96 km (60 mi) |
| Settlements | None |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Middle Foster Lake is a glacial lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.[2] It is along the course of the Foster River, which is a south-flowing tributary of the Churchill River, in the Canadian Shield.[3] Upstream is Upper Foster Lake and downstream is Lower Foster Lake. The climate is subarctic.[4]
There are no communities at the lake, nor is there any highway access. There is a small fly-in fishing lodge located at the lake's eastern end.
Description
[edit]Middle Foster Lake is an irregularly-shaped glacial lake in northern Saskatchewan. It covers an area of 3,694 hectares (9,130 acres) and has a shoreline measuring about 96 kilometres (60 mi) long. It is almost 21 metres (69 ft) deep at its deepest point. Its primary inflow and outflow is the Foster River. The Foster River begins at Upper Foster Lake and flows for about 500 metres (1,600 ft) south into the northern end of Middle Foster Lake.[5] The river exits the lake over the Grand Rapids at the lake's eastern end.[6] The Grand Rapids separate Middle and Lower Foster Lakes. On Middle Lake's shore, near the rapids, is a fly-in only fishing lodge.[7]
Fish species
[edit]Fish commonly found in Middle Foster Lake include walleye, lake trout, northern pike, cisco, longnose sucker, lake whitefish, burbot, white sucker, and yellow perch.[8][9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Middle Foster Lake" (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ "Middle Foster Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Foster River". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Foster River, Saskatchewan, Canada". Mindat. mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "Upper Foster Lake Fishing Map". GPS Nautical Charts. Bist LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Grand Rapids". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ "Foster Lake Lodge". Tourism Saskatchewan. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ Siemens, Matthew. "Middle Foster Lake". SaskLakes. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Middle Foster Lake". Fishbrain. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
