Little Kenosee Lake

Little Kenosee Lake[1] is a small lake in Moose Mountain Provincial Park in the Moose Mountain Uplands of the south-eastern corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is in the Palliser's Triangle[2] and Prairie Pothole Region of Canada. It is part of an endorheic basin lake system that flows into Kenosee Lake, which has only overflowed its banks once since records started being kept in the late 1800s.[3] 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.

Little Kenosee Lake
Fishing pier at 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
Coordinates49.8333°N 102.3338°W / 49.8333; -102.3338
Primary outflowsFish Creek
Basin countriesCanada
Surface area153.9 ha (380 acres)
Surface elevation742 m (2,434 ft)

Recreation
Snowmobile tracks on Little Kenosee Lake

Little Kenosee Lake is the second largest lake in Moose Mountain Provincial Park and there are many recreational amenities in and around the lake.[4] 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.[5] In the winter, there's ice fishing and snowmobiling on the lake and surrounding trails.[6]

Fish species

Commonly found fish in Little Kenosee include yellow perch and walleye. The lake is stocked regularly with fish.[7][8]

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. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 18 (4): 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. "Angler's Atlas".
  8. "Fishing in Little Kenosee Lake".
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