Iosegun Lake | |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Location: | Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, Alberta |
Coords: | 54.4769°N -116.8492°W |
Basin Countries: | Canada |
Length: | 7km (04miles) |
Width: | 4.8km (03miles) |
Area: | 13.4km2 |
Depth: | 4.1m (13.5feet) |
Max-Depth: | 11.2m (36.7feet) |
Elevation: | 774m (2,539feet) |
Reference: | Iosegun Lake |
Iosegun Lake is a lake in northwest Alberta within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located north of Fox Creek, approximately 11km (07miles) from Highway 43.
Iosegun is a name derived from an Indigenous language denoting "tail".[1]
The Iosegun Lake Provincial Recreation Area is located on the southeast shore of Iosegun Lake at the mouth of an unnamed creek originating at nearby Raspberry Lake to the east.[2]
Operated by the Town of Fox Creek, the recreation area includes a campground featuring 52 campsites, a day use site, and a group use site. Camping season begins on May 24 and ends on October 1.[3]
Other recreational activities include canoeing/kayaking, cross-country skiing, fishing, ice fishing, power boating, snowmobiling (off-site), swimming, and water skiing.[3]
Fish species in Iosegun Lake include burbot, lake whitefish, northern pike, spottail shiner, trout-perch, tullibee (cisco), walleye, white sucker, and yellow perch.[3]