Lakes and Rivers
Saskatchewan holds over 81,000 sq. kilometers (31,000 sq. miles) of inland water, amounting to over 10,000 individual lakes and tributaries. However, residents often discuss their plans for going to "the lake" during summer holidays, which never needs any further clarification. A vital natural resource, water in Saskatchewan supports fishing and forestry, helps produce thermal and hydroelectricity, serves as a means of transportation, and has constant recreational use.
~ Source: World Book Encyclopedia 2003 edition.
From Above
“The combination of landscape and climatic environment determines the whole range of themes in the literature of the prairies. This is the never-ending flat land where mixed farm and wheat fields are etched out of the barren plains and the snake-like fissures of the wandering rivers.”
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Donald Stephens
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341. Northern lake and forested shore |
342. Near Moose Mountain |
343. Near Moose Mountain |
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344. Near Moose Mountain |
345. Qu’Appelle Valley |
346. Lac La Ronge |
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347. Cypress Hill |
348. Cypress Hill |
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At the Lake
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349. Candle Lake |
350. Steephill Lake |
351. Deschambault Lake |
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352. Lac La Plonge |
353. Lynx Lake |
354. A northern lake |
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355. Whelan Bay |
356. Whelan Bay |
357. Emma Lake |
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358. Anglin Lake |
359. Anglin Lake |
360. Anglin Lake |
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361. Maple Creek |
362. Emma Lake |
363. Emma Lake |
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364. Emma Lake |
365. Emma Lake |
366. Emma Lake |
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367. Emma Lake |
368. Northern Lake |
369. Bigstone Lake |
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370. Anglin Lake |
371. Emma Lake |
372. Emma Lake |
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373. Anglin Lake |
374. Anglin Lake |
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By the Shore
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375. Lake Waskesiu |
376. A dam near Eastend |
377. The Maple Creek area |
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378. Lac La Ronge |
379. Landing |
380. Waden Bay |
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381. Reindeer Lake |
382. Dore Lake |
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Rocks
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383. Cliffs near Rattler Creek |
384. Pre-Cambrian Rocks |
385. Northern Lakeshore |
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386. Amisk Lake |
387. Amisk Lake |
388. Amisk Lake |
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389. Montreal River |
390. Northern River |
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Creeks and Rivers
“The native peoples who first inhabited this region gave the name Saskatchewan to the most salient geographical feature of the area- the river that flows rapidly. Agricultural settlers later used the same name to designate the only Canadian province that has no boundaries following any natural geographic features of the land.”
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Ted Regehr, Remembering Saskatchewan
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391. Beaver Creek in late fall |
392. Otlen River |
393. Emma Lake |
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394. South Saskatchewan River |
395. McLennan River |
396. Clearwater River |
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397. Methye Portage |
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Rapids and Waterfalls
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398. Anglin Lake |
399. Anglin Lake |
400. Anglin Lake |
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401. Lac La Ronge |
402. Potter Rapids |
403. Waddy River |
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404. Northern Rapids |
405. Woodcock Falls |
406. Fredette Falls |
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407. Nistowiak Lake |
408. Twin Falls |
409. Chipman Falls |
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410. Fond du Lac River |
411. Elizabeth Falls |
412. Nistowiak Falls |
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413. Nistowiak Falls |
414. Twin Falls |
415. Stanley Falls |
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416. Hunt Falls |
417. Hunt Falls |
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Artistic Interpretations
“I may not know who I am, but I know where I am from.”
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Wallace Stegner
Mac Hone
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418. Untitled (riverbend) |
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Robert Hurley
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419. Untitiled |
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Ruth Pawson
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420. Untitled (lake scene) |
421. Untitled (boats by the lake) |
422. Untitled (boats on the shore) |
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423. Untitled (lake scene) |
424. Untitled (lake scene) |
425. Untitled (stream) |
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426. Autumn Tapestry |
427. Untitled (river) |
428. Untitled (bridge and river) |
Alexander Campbell
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429. Untitled (fusiliers on the lake) |
430. Untitled (fusiliers on the lake) |
431. Untitled (fusiliers on the lake) |
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432. Untitled (fusiliers on the lake) |
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A.F.L. Kenderdine
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433. Untitled (lake scene) |
434. Untitled (lake scene) |
435. Untitled (lake scene) |
James Ratt
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436. Untitled (trapline scene) |
437. Untitled (winter lake scene) |
438. Untitled (tree-lined river) |
John Halkett
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439. Untitled (fishing scene) |
440. Autumn Landscape |
441. Spring Trapping |
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442. Camp |
443. Evening Tea |
444. Rapids |
Myles Charles
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445. English Bay |
446. Untitled (rainbow and lake) |
447. Untitled (day vs night) |
Bob Dalby
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448. Untitled (lake scene) |
449. Untitled Iisland) |
450. Untitled (spiring) |
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451. Untitled (sailing boats) |
452. Untitled (canoe trip) |
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“The gusts were growing fiercer, snow was biting at his face like flying sand. He ducked his head and watched the drifts unroll beneath him, a white scroll of vellum, luminous in the dim light.”
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Guy Vanderhaege, The Last Crossing
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