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{{Short description|Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{Other places3|Black Lake (disambiguation){{!}}Black Lake}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name = Black Lake
| image = NASA Saskatchewan Canada.A2002236.1810.721.250m (1)-001.jpg
| image_size = 255
| caption = [[NASA]] map showing Black Lake<ref>{{cite web
| title = NASA Visible Earth (BURN SCARS IN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA) Note: Dark to light rust coloured areas are burn scars from forest fires
| url = http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=61868
| date = August 24, 2002
| accessdate =2014-09-14}}</ref>
| pushpin_map = Saskatchewan#Canada
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Black Lake in Saskatchewan
| location = [[Northern Saskatchewan Administration District]]
| coords = {{coord|59|12|00|N|105|15|02|W|region:CA-SK_type:waterbody_source:AtlasofCanada|display=inline,title}}
| lake_type =
| inflow = {{hlist|Chipman River|[[Cree River]]|[[Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan)|Fond du Lac River]]|Souter River}}
| rivers =
| outflow = Fond du Lac River
| part_of = [[Mackenzie River]] drainage basin
| catchment =
| basin_countries = [[Canada]]
| length = {{cvt|55|km}}
| width = {{cvt|17|km}}
| area = {{cvt|464|km2}}
| depth =
| max-depth =
| volume =
| residence_time =
| shore =
| elevation = {{cvt|281|m}}
| frozen =
| islands = {{hlist|Fir Island|Pick Island}}
| cities = [[Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan)|Black Lake]]
| reference = <ref>{{cite web
| title = Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Black Lake)
| url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAQLF
| date =
| accessdate =2014-08-29}}</ref><ref name= "Atlas of Canada">{{cite web
| title =Atlas of Canada Toporama
| url =http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama/index.html
| date =
| accessdate =2014-08-29}}</ref>
}}
'''Black Lake''' is a lake in the [[Mackenzie River]] [[drainage basin]] in northern [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. It is about {{convert|55|km}} long, {{convert|17|km}} wide, has an area of {{cvt|464|km2}}, and lies at an elevation of {{convert|281|m}}. The primary inflows are the Chipman River, [[Cree River]], [[Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan)|Fond du Lac River]], and Souter River; the primary outflow is Fond du Lac River, which flows via the Mackenzie River into the [[Arctic Ocean]].
The community of [[Black Lake, Saskatchewan|Black Lake]] is located on the northwest shore of the lake, near where the Fond du Lac River exits.
== Fish species ==
The fish species in the lake include [[walleye]], [[yellow perch]], [[northern pike]], [[lake trout]], [[Arctic grayling]], [[lake whitefish]], [[cisco (fish)|cisco]], [[white sucker]], [[longnose sucker]], and [[burbot]].
== See also ==
* [[List of lakes of Saskatchewan]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map |title=Toporama - Topographic Map Sheets 74P2, 74P3, 74P4, 74P6, 74P7 |work=[[Atlas of Canada]] |publisher=[[Natural Resources Canada]] |accessdate=2010-02-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831093006/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map |archivedate=2010-08-31 }}
*{{cite web|url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html/#saskatchewan |title= Saskatchewan - Lake Areas and Elevation (lakes larger than 400 square kilometres)|publisher= Natural Resources Canada|date= 2009-08-12|accessdate= 2010-02-02}}
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[[Category:Lakes of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Division No. 18, Saskatchewan]]
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