Lost Echo Lake Explained

Lost Echo Lake
Location:Narrow Hills Provincial Park, Saskatchewan
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Saskatchewan
Coords:54.1334°N -104.7504°W
Inflow:Caribou Creek
Outflow:Caribou Creek
Basin Countries:Canada

Lost Echo Lake[1] is a lake in the east-central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in Narrow Hills Provincial Park.[2] It is situated in a glacier-formed valley in the Cub Hills[3] and the boreal forest[4] ecozone of Canada. It is south of Summit Lake and is accessed from secondary roads that branch off of Highway 913. While there are no communities nor settlements on the lake, there is the Lost Echo Wilderness Campsite on the western shore.[5]

Description

Lost Echo Lake is situated along the course of Caribou Creek[6] in a valley in the Cub Hills, south of Summit Lake and north of Upper Fishing Lake. From Lost Echo Lake, Caribou Creek carries on down the valley, passing through the lakes of Lower Echo Lake and Upper Fishing Lake and into Lower Fishing Lake. Lower Fishing lake is drained by Stewart Creek, which flows south into Torch River. Torch River flows east into the Saskatchewan River and is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. Inflows for the lake include waters flowing in from Summit Lake via Caribou Creek, and nearby hills and muskeg.[7] [8]

Fish species

Fish commonly found in Lost Echo Lake include walleye, northern pike, and lake trout.[9] [10] The lake's outflow was first stocked with brook trout in 1934. The creek is well suited for brook trout and as a result, the trout developed a sustainable, naturalised population.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place names - Lost Echo Lake. Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  2. Web site: Narrow Hills Provincial Park . Tourism Saskatchewan . Saskatchewan Government.
  3. Web site: Place names - Cub Hills. Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Boreal Plains Ecozone . ecozones . 22 February 2022.
  5. Web site: 30 Free Places to Camp in Saskatchewan . explore-mag . Explore Magazine . 22 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Place names - Caribou Creek. Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  7. Web site: Lost Echo Lake Fishing Map . gps nautical charts . Bist LLC . 22 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Lost Echo Lake, Saskatchewan Map . geodata.us . Geodata.us . 22 February 2022.
  9. Web site: Fishing in Lost Echo Lake .
  10. Web site: Saskatchewan's Wonderland, Narrow Hills Provincial Park . 13 June 2021 .
  11. Web site: Trout Streams of the Cub Hills . environment.gov.sk . Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment.