Little Kenosee Lake

Little Kenosee Lake
Little Kenosee Lake
Little Kenosee Lake is located in Saskatchewan
Little Kenosee Lake
Little Kenosee Lake
Location in Saskatchewan
Little Kenosee Lake is located in Canada
Little Kenosee Lake
Little Kenosee Lake
Little Kenosee Lake (Canada)
LocationMoose Mountain Provincial Park, Saskatchewan
Coordinates49°50′00″N 102°20′02″W / 49.8333°N 102.3338°W / 49.8333; -102.3338
Part ofRed River drainage basin
River sources
Moose Mountain Upland
Fish Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Surface area
153.9 ha (380 acres)
Surface elevation
742 m (2,434 ft)
SettlementsNone

Little Kenosee Lake is a small lake in the south-eastern corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is within Moose Mountain Provincial Park and the Moose Mountain Upland. The lake is kettle lake in the Palliser's Triangle and Prairie Pothole Region of Canada. Little Kenosee lake flows into the endorheic Kenosee Lake via Fish Creek. Most of the water that flows into Little Kenosee Lake comes from ground water run-off, such as from rain and melting snow. Fish Creek, the lake's outflow, is located on the southern shore. The lake and its facilities are accessed from Highway 219.

Recreation

Little Kenosee Lake is the second largest lake in Moose Mountain Provincial Park and there are many recreational amenities in and around the lake. Along the south-eastern shore of the lake is the largest campground in the park, Fish Creek Campground. Along the southern shore is a picnic area with washrooms, a boat launch, and fishing dock. Jutting out of the southern shore is a large forested peninsula with a 3.4-kilometre loop hiking trail. In the winter, there's ice fishing and snowmobiling on the lake and surrounding trails.

Fish species

Commonly found fish in Little Kenosee include yellow perch and walleye. The lake is stocked regularly with fish.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Little Kenosee Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Palliser Triangle". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Vance, R.E.; Last, William; Smith, A.J. (January 1997). "Hydrologic and climatic implications of a multidisciplinary study of late Holocene sediment from Kenosee Lake, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada". Journal of Paleolimnology. 18 (4). Kluwer Academic Publishers: 365. Bibcode:1997JPall..18..365V. doi:10.1023/A:1007948909342. S2CID 127878180. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Moose Mountain Provincial Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Little Kenosee Peninsula Trail". Alltrails. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Moose Mountain Provincial Park". Outdoorsy. Outdoorsy, Inc. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Little Kenosee Lake". Angler's Atlas. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Little Kenosee Lake". Fishbrain. Retrieved 7 April 2026.