Echo Lake (Saskatchewan)
Echo Lake is a lake along the course of the Qu'Appelle River in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Echo Lake is so named because of the echo heard by the First Nations while paddling on the lake. It is one of four lakes that make up the Fishing Lakes. Pasqua Lake is upstream and Mission Lake is downstream. The lake can be accessed by Highway 56 and Highway 210. In 1942, a 4-metre (13 ft) high dam was built on the Qu'Appelle River at Echo Lake's outflow to control the lake's water levels.
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Echo Lake Location in Saskatchewan Echo Lake Echo Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Saskatchewan |
| Group | Fishing Lakes |
| Coordinates | 50°48′0″N 103°51′2″W |
| Primary inflows | Qu'Appelle River at Sioux Crossing |
| Primary outflows | Qu'Appelle River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 1,296.3 ha (3,203 acres) |
| Average depth | 9.8 m (32 ft) |
| Max. depth | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Water volume | 242,000 dam3 (196,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 474 m (1,555 ft) |
| Settlements | Fort Qu'Appelle |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Echo Lake, as well as the other three Fishing Lakes, are all in the Qu'Appelle Valley, which was formed about 14,000 years ago during the last ice age. Meltwater from the glaciers carved out the valley and as water levels rose and fell, alluvium was left in the wake. These piles of alluvium are what created the separations between the lakes.