Lac des Îles (Saskatchewan)
lake in Saskatchewan
Lac des Îles, also known as Lac des Isles, is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada. The primary inflow is the Cold River and its outflow is the Waterhen River. The lake and associated rivers are part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin as the Waterhen River flows into Beaver River, which meets the Churchill River — a major river that flows into Hudson Bay — at Lac Île-à-la-Crosse.
As most of the lake is within a provincial park, there are no cities along the lake's shore. At the western end of the lake is Big Island Lake Cree Territory Indian reserve and at the eastern end, near where the Waterhen River flows out, is Laumans Landing subdivision. The lake is accessed from Highways 950 and 954.
While the primary inflow for the lake is Cold River, there are several smaller rivers, including Bear Creek and Sukaw Creek that flow into the lake. Upstream from Lac des Îles along the Cold River are several other lakes including Lepine Lake, Pierce Lake, and Cold Lake. Cold Lake straddles the border with neighbouring Alberta and marks the western boundary of Meadow Lake Provincial Park. The Waterhen River starts at the eastern end of the lake and flows east into Waterhen Lake and then on to Beaver River.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lac des Îles (Saskatchewan)” as lake in Saskatchewan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as lake in Saskatchewan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q110617979. Authority coordinates are 54.433, -109.417. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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