Townsend Lake
Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Townsend Lake[1] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the east-central part of the province in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest. The lake is in the Woody River Block of Porcupine Hills Provincial Park.[2] Highway 980 provides access to the east side of the lake and its amenities.[3][4] Several small creeks feed into the lake from the surrounding hills, lakes, and muskeg. The outflow is a short river at the eastern end of the lake that flows into the western end of Woody Lake.[5]
| Townsend Lake | |
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  Townsend Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Townsend Lake Townsend Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Porcupine Hills Provincial Park,  Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 52.4828°N 101.7385°W |
| Part of | Nelson River drainage basin |
| Catchment area | Woody River |
| Basin countries |  Canada |
| Surface area | 173.5 ha (429 acres) |
| Max. depth | 10.4 m (34 ft) |
| Shore length1 | 7.2 km (4.5 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 691 m (2,267 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The lake is named in memory of Flight Sergeant Robert Wilfred Ernest Townsend who died fighting in World War II on 29 July 1944.[6] Since 1947 Saskatchewan started naming lakes after fallen soldiers and now there are more than 4,000 such lakes in the province.[7][8]
Parks and recreation
Prior to the formation of Porcupine Hills Provincial Park in 2018, the parkland around Townsend Lake was a provincial recreation site called Woody River Recreation Site. The recreation site has a campground with 33 campsites, a boat launch, two fish cleaning stations, and a picnic area.[9][10]
Moose Range Lodge, located on the northern shore of the lake, is an outfitters with modern cabins, boat rentals, fuel, and a restaurant. In the winter, the lodge is the centre for snowmobiling in the park.[11][12]
Fish species
Fish commonly found in the lake include walleye, perch, and northern pike.[13][14]