Lake Île-à-la-Crosse

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The Lac Île -à -la- Crosse is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

The 391 km ² large elongated lake is divided into several branches. The Churchill River flows into a tributary in the northwest part of the lake. It flows through the lake for a distance of 90 km and leaves it at its northeast end near the village of Patuanak. At the western end of the elongated lake is the town of Île -à -la- Crosse. The Beaver River flows from the south into a side arm of the lake. Another tributary, the Canoe River, hits from the west of Lac Île -à -la- Crosse. The Saskatchewan Highway 918 runs along the southeastern shore of the lake to Patuanak. The catchment area of ​​Lac Île -à -la- Crosse comprises 78,700 km ². The average discharge of the Churchill River on leaving the lake is 120 m³ / s