Duck Lake (Saskatchewan)

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Duck Lake
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Duck Lake
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Duck Lake
Duck Lake (Canada)
Location RM of Duck Lake No. 463, Saskatchewan
Coordinates 52°48′00″N106°16′02″W / 52.80004°N 106.2672°W / 52.80004; -106.2672
Part of South Saskatchewan River drainage basin
Primary inflows Kohleschmidt Creek [1]
Basin  countries Canada
Surface area1,577.1 ha (3,897 acres)
Shore length169 km (43 mi)
Settlements
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Duck Lake [2] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Much of the western shore is within the Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 Indian reserve while most of the remainder of the lake is within the Rural Municipality of Duck Lake No. 463. [3] The town of Duck Lake, which was named after the lake, is at the north-eastern corner. [4] Just south of the town, on the eastern shore, is the Willow Cree Reserve. Highway 11 runs along the eastern shore while Highway 212 runs along the northern one.

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Just north of the lake, and west of the town, is the site of the Battle of Duck Lake from the 1885 North-West Rebellion. [5]

History

Prior to European settlement, the Indigenous peoples of the region called the lake "See Seep SaKayegan". The current name — Duck Lake — comes from the large number of migratory birds that use it. [6] In the 19th century, the town and, by extension, the lake were at an important junction along two historic trails — the Carlton Trail and the Prince Albert Trail. It was along the Carlton Trail just north of the lake that the Battle of Duck Lake took place on 26 March 1885. It was the first battle of the North-West Rebellion. [7] [8] A commemorative monument was erected in 1950 near the eastern end of what was then the battlefield. The monument rests on a 12-hectare (30-acre) parcel of land on Highway 212, just north of the lake. [9]

About a half-mile south of the town of Duck Lake, on the lake's eastern shore, sat the St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It operated from 1894 to 1996. When it closed, it was one of the last Indian residential schools in Saskatchewan. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kohleschmidt Creek". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Duck Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Siemens, Matthew. "Duck Lake". SaskLakes. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ↑ McLennan, David. "Duck Lake". Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia. University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Beal, Bob (7 February 2006). "Battle of Duck Lake". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "History of Duck Lake". Town of Duck Lake. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "1885 Northwest Resistance". Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Stoffel, Holden. "Duck Lake, Battle of". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Battle of Duck Lake National Historic Site of Canada". Parks Canada. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "St. Michael's Indian Residential School Duck Lake". University of Regina. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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